Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine Explained

Map Type:	Japan
Religious Affiliation:	Shinto
Deity:	Sokotsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Nakatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Uwatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Empress Jingū Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto^[1]

is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Higashinada ward, Kobe.^[2] It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe. It is next to Sumiyoshi Station. The shrine has existed since the 13th century.^[3]

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

Controversy

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.hyogo-jinjacho.com/data/6301005.html Hyogo-Jinjacho
2. http://www.hyogo-jinjacho.com/data/6301005.html Hyogo-Jinjacho
3. Web site: 本住吉神社 . 10 May 2016.
4. Web site: Higashinada Ward Danjiri Festival . 25 March 2008 . 10 May 2016.
5. http://www.hyogo-jinjacho.com/data/6301005.html Hyogo Jinjacho
6. http://kouinequal.arrow.jp/sumiyosijinjya/kobe/koubesumiyosi.html Azumi-zoku and Sumiyoshi Shrine-6