ICHINOMIYA · Sacred Shrines of Japan

Ezo Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · Here dwell Ōkunitama, the soul of the northern earth; Ōnamuchi, the weaver of beginnings; and Sukunahikona, the tiny god who rides on ocean currents, whispering the secrets of healing.

Tsugaru Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · Here resides Utsushikunitama — the "Spirit of the Revealed Land" — the god who does not hide behind metaphor, who stands plain, visible, true.

Rikuchū Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · Komagata means "the shape of the horse" — and here resides Komagata Ōkami, the great deity of six unified spirits, the protector of travelers and the patron of the northern warriors.

Mutsu Province — Ichinomiya · Beside him stand Takemikazuchi and Futsunushi — the thunder and the blade, the twin deities of decisive action.

Dewa Province — Ichinomiya · Ōmonoimi Ōkami is the spirit of Chōkai itself — the volcano that has, for millennia, held the line between the fertile plain and the Sea of Japan.

Mutsu Province — Ichinomiya · Here dwells Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto, the deity of the plough and the thunderclap — the god who teaches that preparation and lightning are the same art.

Mutsu Province — Ichinomiya · Again, Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto and Yamato Takeru reside here — deity of thunder-plough, and hero of the wandering path.

Mutsu Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkuninushi was the god of the unseen realm — the subtle spirit world that runs alongside this one.

Iwashiro Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · They are also the deities who teach the hardest truth: that love, creation, and loss are not three stories, but one.

Hitachi Province — Ichinomiya · Takemikazuchi — the great thunder deity, the god whose sword descends from heaven to cut through chaos.

Shimotsuke Province — Ichinomiya · Futarasan Ōkami is the unified spirit of three mountains, three deities — Ōkuninushi the earth-weaver, his consort Tagorihime, and their son Ajisukitakahikone.

Shimotsuke Province — Ichinomiya · Toyokiiribiko-no-Mikoto — the pioneer prince, the imperial son who was sent to the east to civilize new lands.

Kōzuke Province — Ichinomiya · Nukisaki enshrines Futsunushi-no-Kami — the sword deity — and Himegami, the mysterious princess whose name is not recorded.

Musashi Province — Ichinomiya · Susanoo-no-Mikoto — the storm god, the thunderous younger brother of the sun.

Musashi Province — Ichinomiya · Kushinadahime — the princess saved from the serpent, but also the one whose quiet wisdom steadied the storm god himself.

Chichibu Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · Yagokoro Omoikane — the deity of deep thought, the strategist of the gods.

Musashi Province — Ichinomiya · Amenoshitaharu-no-Mikoto — the deity of the first beginning of things, the freshness that arrives before noise.

Shimōsa Province — Ichinomiya · Futsunushi-no-Ōkami — the deity of the sword, but more precisely, of disciplined force.

Kazusa Province — Ichinomiya · Tamayori-hime — the mother of Emperor Jimmu, the divine jewel who crossed the sea to arrive on these shores.

Awa (Bōsō) Province — Ichinomiya · Futodama-no-Mikoto — the deity of craft, the patron of those who make offerings with their own skill.

Awa (Bōsō) Province — Ichinomiya · Amenohiri-no-Mikoto — consort of Futodama, the quiet weaver who made ceremonial robes from seaweed and salt-bleached fiber.

Sagami Province — Ichinomiya · Samukawa-hiko and Samukawa-hime — the twin deities whose name "cool river" speaks of pure, unobstructed flow.

Sagami Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · Emperor Ōjin — deified as Hachiman, the god of warriors. Beside him, Hime-gami and Empress Jingū, the mother who carried him while crossing seas.

Echigo Province — Ichinomiya · Ame-no-Kaguyama-no-Mikoto — the deity who taught the people of Echigo how to fish, how to make salt, how to live from the sea and the snow.

Echigo Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkuninushi — the earth weaver — and Nunakawa-hime, the jade princess of Itoigawa, his beloved.

Sado Province — Ichinomiya · Itakeru-no-Mikoto — the son of Susanoo, the god who brought tree seeds from heaven and planted them across Japan.

Etchū Province — Ichinomiya · Ōnamuchi — the great earth-weaver, once again — the deity who opened the land of Etchū to farming and habitation.

Etchū Province — Ichinomiya · Futakami-no-Kami — the deity of the twin mountain, the embodiment of dual wisdom.

Etchū Province — Ichinomiya · Futakami-no-Kami — the deity of the twin mountain, the embodiment of dual wisdom.

Kaga Province — Ichinomiya · Shirayamahime-no-Ōkami — the White Mountain goddess — along with Izanagi and Izanami.

Noto Province — Ichinomiya · Ōnamuchi — the earth-weaver — again, and again. Here he is specifically the deity of enduring bonds.

Echizen Province — Ichinomiya · Isasawake-no-Ōkami — the "Kehi great deity" — an ancient name whose exact meaning has been lost.

Wakasa Province — Ichinomiya · Hikohohodemi-no-Mikoto — the sea-prince, also known as Yamasachi-hiko. The grandfather of the first emperor.

Wakasa Province — Ichinomiya · Toyotama-hime — the sea princess, the one who opened her palace to a stranger, loved him, bore his child, and released him back to the land when he asked.

Kai Province — Ichinomiya · Konohanasakuya-hime — the blossom princess, the goddess who embodies ephemeral beauty and volcanic fire.

Shinano Province — Ichinomiya · Takeminakata-no-Kami — the warrior god, son of Ōkuninushi, who fled the heavenly messengers and made his stand here, at the sacred lake.

Suruga Province — Ichinomiya · Konohanasakuya-hime, again — now in her role as the goddess of Fuji itself.

Izu Province — Ichinomiya · Ōyamatsumi-no-Kami — the great father of mountains, the patron of all peaks.

Tōtōmi Province — Ichinomiya · Okuni Jinja — The Shrine of the Small Country's Great Heart

Tōtōmi Province — Ichinomiya · Kotonomachihime — the goddess of words made real. Hachiman, the warrior deity, accompanies her here.

Owari Province — Ichinomiya · Ame-no-Hoakari — the deity of the first light, ancestor of the Owari clan.

Mino Province — Ichinomiya · Kanayamahiko — the god of metals, iron, copper, gold.

Ise Province — Ichinomiya · Sarutahiko-Ōkami — the guide of the gods, the one who stood at the heavenly crossroads and showed the descending deities the way to the earth.

Ise Province — Ichinomiya · Sarutahiko and Ame-no-Uzume — the guide god and his consort, the goddess of sacred dance.

Shima Province — Ichinomiya · Wakahirume-no-Mikoto — the young sun goddess, possibly a younger aspect of Amaterasu, or her sister.

Iga Province — Ichinomiya · Ōhiko-no-Mikoto — a legendary general and royal son who pacified this region and then remained.

Ōmi Province — Ichinomiya · Takebe Taisha — The Shrine of the Wandering Hero's Rest

Yamashiro Province — Ichinomiya · Wakeikazuchi-no-Ōkami — the deity born of a thunderbolt that struck the riverbank.

Yamashiro Province — Ichinomiya · Kamotaketsunumi-no-Mikoto — the grandfather of the thunder god, the ancient patriarch of the Kamo clan.

Tanba Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkuninushi-no-Mikoto — the nation-builder — and Mihotsuhime, his consort.

Tango Province — Ichinomiya · Hohoakari-no-Mikoto — the light-first deity, ancestor of priests who served at Ise before Ise became Ise.

Tajima Province — Ichinomiya · Izushi Jinja — The Shrine of the Foreign-Born God

Tajima Province — Ichinomiya · Hikohohodemi-no-Mikoto and Amemisari-no-Mikoto — deities of the mountain, of hunting, and of the life that depends on understanding the rhythms of wild things.

Harima Province — Ichinomiya · Ōnamuchi-no-Kami — once again, the patient earth-weaver — here venerated as the soft-spoken founder of Harima's harmony.

Awaji Province — Ichinomiya · The gods, too, retire. The gods, too, choose where to rest.

Yamato Province — Ichinomiya · Ōmononushi-no-Ōkami — the snake-formed deity who chose to dwell within Mount Miwa.

Kawachi Province — Ichinomiya · Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto — the deity of liturgy, of the perfectly chosen sacred word.

Izumi Province — Ichinomiya · Ōtori Taisha — The Shrine Where the Hero Became a White Bird

Settsu Province — Ichinomiya · Sokotsutsu, Nakatsutsu, Uwatsutsu — three brothers, the deities of the deep, the middle, and the surface of the sea.

Settsu Province — Ichinomiya · Ikui, Fukui, Tsunagai, Hahiki, and Asuwa — the five deities of pure wells, of the doorway, of the soil beneath the floor.

Kii Province — Ichinomiya · Hinokuma-no-Ōkami and Kunikakasu-no-Ōkami — divine reflections of the sun goddess Amaterasu, embodied as twin mirrors.

Kii Province — Ichinomiya · Niutsuhime-no-Ōkami — the goddess of vermilion, of cinnabar, of the protective red used to paint torii and shrines across Japan.

Inaba Province — Ichinomiya · Takenouchi-no-Sukune-no-Mikoto — the legendary minister who, by tradition, lived for over three hundred years.

Hōki Province — Ichinomiya · Takehazuchi-no-Mikoto — the weaver god, whose loom is said to have subdued the rebellious star deity Kagaseo.

Izumo Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami — the great earth-weaver in his fullest form. The deity who built the visible world, and then, in an act of supreme generosity, offered it back to the heavenly gods.

Iwami Province — Ichinomiya · Umashimaji-no-Mikoto — the deity of the Mononobe clan, the patron of weapons-making and iron-craft.

Oki Province — Ichinomiya · Mizuwakasu-no-Mikoto — the deity who came from the sea and stayed to govern these islands.

Oki Province — Ichinomiya · Yurahime-no-Mikoto — the goddess whose strange story unites human and creature in one unbroken bond.

Mimasaka Province — Ichinomiya · Kagamitsukuri-no-Kami — the mirror-maker, the god of the craft of seeing oneself.

Bizen Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto — the imperial prince who pacified the demon Ura, said to inspire the Momotarō legend.

Bizen Province — Ichinomiya · Susanoo-no-Mikoto — the storm god — is enshrined here.

Bitchū Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto — once again, the prince of Kibi.

Bingo Province — Ichinomiya · Ōkibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto — once again — but here, in his quieter aspect.

Aki Province — Ichinomiya · Ichikishima-hime, Tagori-hime, Tagitsu-hime — the three sister goddesses of the Munakata lineage, daughters of Susanoo.

Suō Province — Ichinomiya · Tamanooya-no-Mikoto — the deity who taught humans to shape jade and crystal into the curved magatama jewel, sacred symbol of the soul.

Nagato Province — Ichinomiya · Sumiyoshi Jinja (Nagato) — The Shrine of the Voyaging Empress

Awa (Shikoku) Province — Ichinomiya · Ōasahiko-no-Ōkami — the deity of hemp, the plant whose fibers wove the first sacred ropes, robes, and bowstrings of Japan.

Sanuki Province — Ichinomiya · Yamato-totobi-momoso-hime-no-Mikoto — the legendary princess shaman, oracle of early Japan, said to have communicated with celestial powers.

Iyo Province — Ichinomiya · Ōyamatsumi-no-Ōkami — the great father of mountains, here particularly venerated by warriors who came to offer their armor before battles, or in thanks afterward.

Tosa Province — Ichinomiya · Hitokoto-nushi-no-Kami — the "single-word lord," the deity who answers prayers in only one word: yes or no.

Chikuzen Province — Ichinomiya · Emperor Ōjin — Hachiman, the warrior deity — and Empress Jingū, his mother.

Chikuzen Province — Ichinomiya · Sumiyoshi Jinja (Chikuzen) — The Shrine of Travel's First Promise

Chikugo Province — Ichinomiya · Kōra Tamatare-no-Mikoto — a deity whose name means "the precious robe drapes" — accompanied by Hachiman and the Sumiyoshi spirits.

Hizen Province — Ichinomiya · Yodohime-no-Mikoto — the goddess associated with the river bend, with the moment a stream hesitates and chooses its new direction.

Hizen Province — Ichinomiya · Chiriku Hachimangū — The Shrine of the Thousand Chestnuts

Iki Province — Ichinomiya · Ame-no-Oshihomimi — the divine son of Amaterasu — and Ame-no-Tajikarao, the strong-armed god who pulled the sun goddess from the cave.

Tsushima Province — Ichinomiya · Toyotama-hime — the sea princess again, here in her own home territory. The deity who marries earth-prince Hikohohodemi and bears the imperial line.

Buzen Province — Ichinomiya · Hachiman — Emperor Ōjin — Hime-mikami, the divine consort, and Empress Jingū, the mother.

Bungo Province — Ichinomiya · Sasamuta-no-Ōkami — the deity of the western chill, the spirit of the early frost that prepares the land for rest.

Bungo Province — Ichinomiya · Yusuhara Hachimangū — The Shrine in the Cedar Cathedral

Higo Province — Ichinomiya · Takeiwatatsu — the founding deity of Aso, with his eleven divine relations: the Aso Twelve.

Hyūga Province — Ichinomiya · Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto — the great earth-weaver — once again, here in the warmth of southern Kyushu.

Ōsumi Province — Ichinomiya · Hikohohodemi-no-Mikoto — Yamasachi, the mountain-prince — and Toyotama-hime, the sea-princess.

Satsuma Province — Ichinomiya · Ninigi-no-Mikoto — the heavenly grandson, the deity who descended to earth bringing the imperial regalia.

Satsuma Province — Ichinomiya · Ōhirumemuchi — a name for Amaterasu, the sun goddess, here in her radiant southern form.

Ryūkyū Province — Shin-Ichinomiya (New First-Ranked) · Izanami, Hayatamao, and Kotosakao — three deities of the Ryūkyū tradition adapted into the broader Shintō framework.