Mutsu Province Ichinomiya
Tsutsukowake Jinja (Yatsuki)
都々古別神社（八槻）
Tsutsukowake Jinja (Yatsuki) is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Mutsu Province, in present-day Fukushima. It has a car park (about 20 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee. Without a car, the local authority gives 2 routes from a station (on foot, by taxi), one of them a walk of 13 min; the station names are listed below. We found 6 entries for the shrine in Japan’s national database of designated cultural properties. The nearest other ichinomiya is Tsutsukowake Jinja (Baba), 4.1 km to the north in a straight line.
Getting there
福島県東白川郡棚倉町八槻大宮224
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 八槻都都古別神社. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 近津駅JR水郡線
- On foot, 13 min.
- From 近津駅JR水郡線
- By taxi, 3 min.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
【最寄り駅】JR水郡線 近津駅（ちかつえき）下車→徒歩13分（約900m）、タクシー3分
Taken from the local authority (都々古別神社（八槻）｜棚倉町, 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); the sources we checked do not give a fee.
駐車場あり、約20台（棚倉町公式）。料金についての記載はなく未確認。
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Visiting the 4 ichinomiya in Fukushima in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Buildings
- The Satake clan expanded the shrine buildings from the late Muromachi to early Edo period, but they burned in 1711.
- Buildings
- The current buildings were rebuilt in the Kyoho era (1716–36).
- History
- The separation of Shinto and Buddhism in the early Meiji era removed Buddhist elements, giving the precinct its current layout.
Summarised from the local authority (八槻都々古別神社 | 町まるごと博物館 | 棚倉町公式ホームページ, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto 日本武尊 5 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto 味耜高彦根命 5 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Tanagura Town says the shrine enshrines Yamato Takeru and Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto; another town page suggests a martial god was added later.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Nationally designated cultural properties
- 赤絲威鎧残闕
- Important Cultural Property
- 銅鉢
- Important Cultural Property
- 長覆輪太刀〈中身無銘／〉
- Important Cultural Property
- 長覆輪太刀〈中身無銘／〉
- Important Cultural Property
- 都々古別神社の御田植
- Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (folk performing arts)
- 都々古別神社の御田植
- Intangible Folk Cultural Property selected for recording (folk performing arts)
Source: the national register. All of them together →
Festivals
Other festivals and rituals
- 御田植祭
- 旧暦1月6日
old-calendar date - 霜月大祭
- 12月第2土・日曜日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Tsutsukowake Jinja (Baba), about 4.1 km to the north in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Iwatsutsukowake Jinja (18 km north) and Utsunomiya Futaarayama Jinja (66 km south-west).
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.
Listed on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association.
Tanagura Town calls it “an old shrine that has been revered as Chikatsu Myōjin, the ichinomiya of Oshu”, and “a great shrine of Shirakawa District appearing in the Engishiki Jinmyōchō (延喜式神名帳)”. The Tsutsukowake Jinja at Baba rests on the same Engishiki entry, and the town has not decided between the two.
- https://www.town.tanagura.fukushima.jp/machimarugotohakubutsukan/fushigisekaihenoiriguchiheyokoso/page001160.html (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 Mutsu Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Mutsu Province (Tōsandō)
- Prefecture
- Fukushima
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kensha
Sources
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.