Kozuke Province Ichinomiya
Ichinomiya Nukisaki Jinja
一之宮貫前神社
Ichinomiya Nukisaki Jinja is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Kozuke Province, in present-day Gunma. We could not confirm whether it has a car park. Opening hours end at 16:30 (charms and goshuin). Without a car, a local tourism body gives 1 route from a station (on foot), one of them a walk of 10 min; the station names are listed below. We found 2 entries for the shrine in Japan’s national database of designated cultural properties. The nearest other ichinomiya is Chichibu Jinja, 35 km to the south-east in a straight line.
Getting there
群馬県富岡市一ノ宮1535
The address is given in Japanese on purpose. Show it to a taxi driver, or copy it into a car navigation system — an English transliteration will not be recognised.
Before you drive here
There is a notice about reaching this shrine by car — it may concern road closures at New Year, vehicle size limits, which way you can turn into the car park, or satellite navigation giving the wrong place. The Japanese text reads:
年末年始（二年参り・初詣）は「貫前神社周辺では、交通規制が敷かれます」（富岡市観光公式）。同時期は駐車場の場所も大幅に変更されるため、当日の公式案内図の確認が必要。
For a car navigation system
- Phone
- Japanese car navigation searches by phone number. This is the fastest way to enter a destination.
- Coordinates
- Derived from the address down to the street number, via Japan's national mapping agency. Not a survey of the hall itself
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 一ノ宮駅上信電鉄
- On foot, 10 min.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
上信電鉄一ノ宮駅から徒歩10分
Taken from a local tourism body (【国指定重要文化財】一之宮 貫前神社｜しるくるとみおか 富岡市観光公式ホームページ, checked 2026-10-08). Station and stop names stay in Japanese so you can match them to signs. Fares and timetables are not given — they change.
Parking
We could not confirm whether it has a car park.
通常時の駐車場について、公式および富岡市の公式情報から位置・台数・料金を確認できなかった。二年参り・初詣の期間は富岡市観光公式が「駐車場の場所が大幅に変更になっていますのでご注意ください」と告知しており、正月は別案内になる。
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Shrine office hours
Opening hours end at 16:30 (charms and goshuin).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
8:00-17:00（祈祷は15:00まで、授与品・御朱印は16:30まで受付）
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Combining it with the 3 other ichinomiya within 80 km? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- The shrine is said to have enshrined Futsunushi no Kami and Hime Okami in 531, the first year of Emperor Ankan.
- Buildings
- The main hall, worship hall and gate were rebuilt in 1635 by the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and extensively repaired under the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi.
Summarised from a local tourism body (一之宮貫前神社（富岡市観光ホームページ）, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Futsunushi-no-Kami 経津主神 4 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Hime-Okami 比売大神 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
The Tomioka City tourism site gives the deities as Futsunushi-no-Kami and Hime-Ōkami, a goddess of farming and weaving, and says they were enshrined in the first year of Emperor Ankan (531).
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Goshuin (shrine seal)
- Available
- Yes
- Hours
- 〜16:30
Nationally designated cultural properties
- 貫前神社
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Important Cultural Property
桁行三間、梁間三間、一重二階、入母屋造、妻入、向拝三間、檜皮葺
designated 1912-02-08 · early Edo period - 貫前神社の鹿占習俗
- Intangible Folk Cultural Property selected for recording (manners and customs)
Source: the national register. All of them together →
Festivals
Other festivals and rituals
- 御戸開祭
- 12月12日
- 流鏑馬祭
- 4月15日
- 小笠原流蟇目の儀・大的式
- 3月1日（2026年）
- 古武術奉納演武祭
- 5月31日（2026年）
- 式年遷宮祭
- 申年と酉年
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Chichibu Jinja, about 35 km to the south-east in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Chichibu Province. After that come Sengen Jinja (69 km south) and Suwa Taisha Kamisha Maemiya (71 km south-west).
Straight-line distances between the shrines, not road distances. Across mountains or water, the drive is much longer.
Why this shrine is called an ichinomiya
Listed by the pilgrimage association
It appears on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association. We have not yet checked other primary sources.
- 全国一の宮巡拝会『全国一の宮神社所在地』（平成30年5月・改訂版 第4版） (checked 2026-09-09)
More on how the shrines of this province relate to one another is on the Kozuke Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Kozuke Province (Tōsandō)
- Prefecture
- Gunma
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kokuhei Chūsha
Sources
- https://www.tomioka-silk.jp/_special/detail/id=6943 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.tomioka-silk.jp/_tomioka-silk-mill/about/id=625 (checked 2026-09-10)
- https://www.tomioka-silk.jp/_spot/sightseeing/detail/Nukisaki-shrine.html (checked 2026-09-10)
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