Iki Province Reference entry
Oki Jinja
興神社
Oki Jinja is listed here for reference under the former Iki Province, in present-day Nagasaki. It is not on the Ichinomiya Junpaikai’s list. It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on April 13 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Amenotanagao Jinja, 2.8 km to the west in a straight line.
This is a reference entry
This shrine is not on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association (Zenkoku Ichinomiya Junpaikai). We include it for context. It is not presented as a current ichinomiya.
A former ichinomiya.
Getting there
長崎県壱岐市芦辺町湯岳興触676
This shrine is on an island
It is on Iki and can only be reached by boat or plane. Ports, operators and crossing times →
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 興神社. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
The primary sources we checked describe the way here only by car, not by public transport.
Parking
It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee.
台数・料金は確認できず
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Shrine office hours
常駐の社務所はない
History in brief
- Founding
- The shrine is said to have been founded in 811, in the reign of Emperor Saga.
- History
- According to the shrine's records, the area is called Oki and is thought to have been the site of the Iki provincial government.
Summarised from a local tourism body (興神社｜壱岐島観光, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Chuai-Tenno 帶仲彦天皇 5 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Goshuin (shrine seal)
- Available
- Yes
- Offering
- ¥300
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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4月13日 例祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 大祭 神幸・大神楽
- 4月13日
- 新嘗祭 小神楽
- 11月13日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Amenotanagao Jinja, about 2.8 km to the west in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Izuhara Hachimangu (63 km north-west) and Sumiyoshi Jinja (Chikuzen) (66 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
Documented by a public source
A public body — the city, the prefecture, or the prefectural shrine office — describes this shrine as the ichinomiya of its province.
Not found on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association.
Iki Kankō Navi says it is “one of the seven shrines of Iki, and was once the ichinomiya of Iki Province”. It takes the shrine’s closeness to the provincial capital as the clue: “according to the shrine’s own records, the place name nearby is Oki, and the provincial capital of Iki is thought to have stood there”.
- https://www.ikikankou.com/spot/10200 (checked 2026-09-09)
- 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 Iki Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Iki Province (Saikaidō)
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki
- Engishiki (927)
- Shōsha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Sonsha
Sources
- https://www.ikikankou.com/spot/10200 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.nagasaki-jinjacho.or.jp/search-iki.html (checked 2026-09-10)
- https://nagasaki-jinjacho.or.jp/iki.html (checked 2026-10-01)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.