Hoki Province Ichinomiya
Shizuri Jinja
倭文神社
Shizuri Jinja is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Hoki Province, in present-day Tottori. It has a car park (about 20 spaces), free. Opening hours end at 16:00 (shrine office). Without a car, the shrine's own website gives 2 routes from a station (by bus); the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on May 1 every year. We found 1 entry for the shrine in Japan’s national database of designated cultural properties. The nearest other ichinomiya is Ube Jinja, 33 km to the east in a straight line.
Getting there
鳥取県東伯郡湯梨浜町宮内 754
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 倭文神社. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 松崎駅JR山陰本線
- By bus, 20 min.
- From 松崎駅JR山陰本線
- By car, 10 min.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
鉄道 JR山陰本線・松崎駅から車で10分／バス 松崎駅前から藤津入口停留所・徒歩20分
Taken from the shrine's own website (伯耆一ノ宮 倭文神社 公式サイト 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 20 spaces), free.
The fee in the source’s own words: 「なお、お車でお越しの参拝者様のために、無料駐車場（普通車20台、大型バス1台収容）をご用意しております。」 (source, checked 2026-10-15).
普通車20台・大型バス1台。無料（公式のよくある質問）。参拝時間は9:30〜16:00です。
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 16:00 (shrine office).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
9:30-16:00
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Visiting the 2 ichinomiya in Tottori in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- The founding date is unknown. According to the shrine's tradition, Shitateru-hime came by sea from Izumo and settled at this site.
- History
- In Taisho 4, an early Heian bronze sutra case, Buddhist statues and bronze mirrors were excavated from a sutra mound here.
Summarised from the shrine's own website (倭文神社 由緒, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Takehazuchi-no-Mikoto 建葉槌命
- Shitateruhime-no-Mikoto 下照姫命 also enshrined 2 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Kotoshironushi-Mikoto 事代主命 also enshrined 6 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Takeminakata-no-Mikoto 建御名方命 also enshrined 6 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto 少彦名命 also enshrined 5 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Amewakahiko-no-Mikoto 天稚彦命 also enshrined
- Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto 味耜高彦根命 also enshrined 5 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
The shrine's website lists seven deities, marking Takehazuchi-no-Mikoto as the principal one: the ancestral god of the Shitori weavers, with Shitaterihime, and five gods who are children of or closely tied to Ōkuninushi.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the shrine's own website.
Nationally designated cultural properties
- 伯耆一宮経塚
- Historic Site
Source: the national register. All of them together →
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
-
毎年5月1日 例祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 神幸祭・稚児行列
- 5月1日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Ube Jinja, about 33 km to the east in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Inaba Province. After that come Nakayama Jinja (44 km south) and Isonokamifutsumitama Jinja (71 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 Hoki Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Hoki Province (San'indō)
- Prefecture
- Tottori
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kokuhei Shōsha
Sources
- https://tottori-iyashitabi.com/spot/area/yurihama/262/ (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://tottori-jinjacho.jp/pages/315/ (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.sitorijinja.com/access (checked 2026-09-10)
- https://www.sitorijinja.com/about (checked 2026-09-10)
- https://www.sitorijinja.com/faq (checked 2026-10-15)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.