Tango Province Ichinomiya
Kono Jinja
籠神社
Kono Jinja is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Tango Province, in present-day Kyoto. It has a car park (about 120 spaces), paid. Opening hours end at 16:30 (charm counter). Without a car, a local tourism body gives 1 route from a station; the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on April 24 every year. We found 3 entries for the shrine in Japan’s national database of designated cultural properties. The nearest other ichinomiya is Izushi Jinja, 32 km to the west in a straight line.
Getting there
京都府宮津市大垣 430
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
- 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 天橋立駅京都丹後鉄道宮豊線
- 5 min.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
京都丹後鉄道宮豊線「天橋立」駅から観光船で「一の宮」下船、徒歩5分
Taken from a local tourism body (京都府観光ガイド「籠神社」, 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 120 spaces), paid.
This routes you to the car park, not to the hall. From this car park to the hall is about 60 m in a straight line (the walk is longer). The location is taken from OpenStreetMap and has not been checked on the ground.
800円。30分以内は無料。公式サイトに「正月駐車場」の専用案内ページがあり、正月は通常と異なる運用の可能性がある
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 (charm counter).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
授与所 8:30-16:30（御朱印は9:00から）／開門 3〜11月 7:30-17:00・12〜2月 7:30-16:30。季節や土日祝は延長になる場合あり
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, Toyouke-no-Okami has been worshipped since the age of the gods at Manaihara, the site of the inner shrine, as Yosa-no-miya.
- History
- According to the shrine's tradition, Amaterasu was brought here under Emperor Sujin and worshipped with Toyouke at Yosa-no-miya for four years.
- Moved
- In Yoro 3, the main shrine was moved from the site of the inner shrine, Manai Jinja (Yosa-no-miya), to its present location.
- Name
- When it moved in Yoro 3, the shrine changed its name from Yosa-no-miya to Kono-miya.
Summarised from the shrine's own website (元伊勢籠神社 由緒, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Hikohoakari-no-Mikoto 彦火明命
- Toyoke-Okami 豊受大神 shares the hall 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Amaterasu-Okami 天照大神 shares the hall 10 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Watatsumi-no-Kami 海神 shares the hall
- Amenomikumari-no-Kami 天水分神 shares the hall
Spelling as given by the shrine's own website.
Nationally designated cultural properties
- 丹後国府中籠神社経塚出土品
- Important Cultural Property
- 木造扁額
- Important Cultural Property
- 石造狛犬
- Important Cultural Property
Source: the national register. All of them together →
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
-
4月24日 葵大祭（例祭）
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 太刀振・神楽などの奉納行事
- 4月24日
- 夏越大祓式
- 6月（水無月）晦日
- 年越大祓
- 12月晦日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Izushi Jinja, about 32 km to the west in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Tajima Province. After that come Awaga Jinja (41 km south-west) and Wakasahime Jinja (54 km 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 Tango Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Tango 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/602 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.motoise.jp/about/about01/ (checked 2026-09-10)
- https://www.kono-jinja.com/ (checked 2026-09-24)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.