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