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Coordinates: 34°43′07″N 135°15′36″E / 34.7187453°N 135.260127°E / 34.7187453; 135.260127
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Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine (本住吉神社, Motosumiyoshi Jinja)
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySumiyoshi sanjin
  • Sokotsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto
  • Nakatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto
  • Uwatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto

Empress Jingū
Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto
Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto[1]
Location
Immanuelle/Moto Sumiyoshi Shrine is located in Japan
Immanuelle/Moto Sumiyoshi Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates34°43′07″N 135°15′36″E / 34.7187453°N 135.260127°E / 34.7187453; 135.260127

Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine (本住吉神社, Motosumiyoshi Jinja) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Higashinada [en] ward, Kobe [en].[2] It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe. It is next to Sumiyoshi Station [en]. There is documentary evidence that the shrine has existed since the 13th century.[3]

Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine holds a danjiri [en] festival annually in May.[4] Portable shrines are wheeled through neighborhoods around the shrine by teams of about 50 people.

Controversy[change | change source]

It is insisted by the Shrine in its "Chronicle of Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine" (2000), based on Kojiki-den [en] written by Motoori Norinaga, that the head of Sumiyoshi Shrine originally moved from this Shrine to Sumiyoshi Taisha [en] because Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine has "Moto-" which means "the Head".[5][6] [en] [en]

References[change | change source]

  1. Hyogo-Jinjacho
  2. Hyogo-Jinjacho
  3. "本住吉神社". Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. "Higashinada Ward Danjiri Festival". 25 March 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. Hyogo Jinjacho
  6. Azumi-zoku and Sumiyoshi Shrine-6

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