Tamba Province Ichinomiya
Izumo Daijingu
出雲大神宮
Izumo Daijingu is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Tamba Province, in present-day Kyoto. It has a car park (about 80 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee. Opening hours end at 16:30 (shrine office). Without a car, the shrine's own website gives 1 route from a station (by bus); the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on October 21 every year. We found 14 entries for the shrine in Japan’s national database of designated cultural properties. The nearest other ichinomiya is Kamowakeikazuchi Jinja, 16 km to the east in a straight line.
Getting there
京都府亀岡市千歳町出雲無番地
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
- Japanese car navigation searches by phone number. This is the fastest way to enter a destination.
- Coordinates
- From OpenStreetMap, as 出雲大神宮. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 亀岡駅JR嵯峨野線
- By bus.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
JR嵯峨野線「亀岡駅」下車／「JR亀岡駅前北口のりば」へ／京阪京都交通（バス）で「出雲大神宮前」で下車／※お急ぎの方は亀岡駅からタクシーで約10分
Taken from the shrine's own website (出雲大神宮 公式サイト 交通アクセス, 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
It has a car park (about 80 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee.
80台（京都府観光連盟）。公式の駐車場ページに正面表参道駐車場・西駐車場・大駐車場の3か所の案内がある。料金は確認できず。大祭（4月・10月）のころは大変混雑する（公式）
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 (shrine office).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
社務所 9:00-17:00（受付は16:30まで）
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Visiting the 5 ichinomiya in Kyoto in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- According to the shrine's tradition, the first shrine buildings were erected in 709 (Wado 2) under Empress Genmei.
- Buildings
- The present hall dates from the late Kamakura period; before that, the sacred mountain Mikageyama itself was worshipped.
- History
- The shrine was raised to the highest divine rank, Senior First Rank, in 1292 (Shoo 5).
- History
- The shrine says it once had 36 subsidiary shrines, which were lost to fires of war.
Summarised from the shrine's own website (出雲大神宮 由緒, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Onamuchi-no-Mikoto 大国主命 17 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Mihotsuhime-no-Mikoto 三穂津姫命 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
The shrine's website says Ōkuninushi and his consort Mihotsuhime are enshrined, and that the two together are called Izumo Ōkami — hence Izumo Daijingū.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the shrine's own website.
Nationally designated cultural properties
- 出雲大神宮本殿
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Important Cultural Property
三間社流造、檜皮葺
designated 1906-04-14 · early Muromachi period - 木造男神坐像（伝大国主命） 木造男神坐像
- Important Cultural Property
- 出雲大神宮上之社本殿
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮制札
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮奏楽舎
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮手水舎
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮拝殿
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮摂社黒太夫社
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮本殿中門及び祝詞舎
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮本殿廻廊及び透塀
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮石鳥居
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮社務所
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮神饌所
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 出雲大神宮祭器庫
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
Source: the national register. All of them together →
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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10月21日 例大祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 鎮花祭
- 4月18日
- 神幸祭
- 4月14日
- 御田祭
- 5月31日
- 抜穂祭
- 9月26日
- 真名井の水 感謝祭・えんむすびまつり
- 毎月第四日曜日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Kamowakeikazuchi Jinja, about 16 km to the east in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Yamashiro Province. After that come Kamomioya Jinja (18 km east) and Katano Jinja (26 km south).
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 Tamba Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Tamba Province (San'indō)
- Prefecture
- Kyoto
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kokuhei Chūsha
Sources
- https://www.kyoto-kankou.or.jp/info_search/478 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.kameoka.info/seeing/izumodaijingu.php (checked 2026-09-09)
- http://izumo-d.org/gosaijin.html (checked 2026-09-10)
- http://izumo-d.org/access.html (checked 2026-10-01)
- https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/nantan/kankou/1236315163804.html (checked 2026-10-01)
- https://izumo-d.org/chusyajyo.html (checked 2026-10-15)
- https://izumo-d.org/jyuyo.html (checked 2026-10-29)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.