Awaji Province Ichinomiya
Izanagi Jingu
伊弉諾神宮
Izanagi Jingu is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Awaji Province, in present-day Hyogo. We could not confirm whether it has a car park. Opening hours end at 17:00 (shrine office). Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on April 20–22 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Hinokuma Kunikakasu Jingu, 41 km to the south-east in a straight line.
Getting there
兵庫県淡路市多賀 740
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.
For a car navigation system
- Phone
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- Coordinates
- From OpenStreetMap, as 伊弉諾神宮. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
高速バス（郡家・津名一宮IC・津名港）下車、淡路交通西浦線に乗り換えて「伊弉諾神宮前」下車
Taken from the prefectural shrine association (伊弉諾神宮｜兵庫県神社庁 神社検索, 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.
Shrine office hours
Opening hours end at 17:00 (shrine office).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
8:30-17:00（境内は終日参拝可）
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Visiting the 4 ichinomiya in Hyogo in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- According to tradition, a tomb was built on the site of Izanagi's final dwelling at Taga, and the shrine began there.
- Moved
- The main sanctuary was moved in the Meiji era onto leveled ground over the tomb behind it; before that, the area was forbidden ground.
- Buildings
- Most buildings were built with government funds in the Meiji era; the mikoshi storehouse and east and west gates were donated by the lords of Awa.
Summarised from the local authority (伊弉諾神宮, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Izanagi-no-Kami 伊弉諾大神 7 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Awaji City says that after handing the rule of the land to his child Amaterasu, Izanagi built his last dwelling at Taga on Awaji, the first island he had created, and spent his remaining years there.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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4月20日～22日 春の例祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 粥占祭
- 1月15日
- 播種祭
- 5月下旬
- 御田植祭
- 6月下旬
- 夏祭(献灯祭)
- 7月 陰暦日
old-calendar date - 観月祭
- 9月 中秋日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Hinokuma Kunikakasu Jingu, about 41 km to the south-east in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Kii Province. After that come Oasahiko Jinja (45 km south-west) and Itakiso Jinja (46 km south-east).
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 Awaji Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Awaji Province (Nankaidō)
- Prefecture
- Hyogo
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kanpei Taisha
Sources
- https://www.awajishima-kanko.jp/manual/detail.html?bid=448 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.city.awaji.lg.jp/soshiki/kankou/2005030087.html (checked 2026-09-10)
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