Shimoajino Shrine

018/Tottori City Shimoajino

■Date of the Festival
Spring: Last Sunday of March
Summer: Last Saturday and Sunday of July
■Time for the Kirin Dance at the Shrine
Spring festival: 8 a.m.
Summer festival: Eve of the festival 9 p.m./ Festival day 8 a.m.
■Origin
Early Edo period
■Characteristics The dance was designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Tottori Prefecture in 1998. The Kirin’s head was crafted in 1843.
■Area
Tottori City Shimoajino 


The year of the shrine's founding is unknown, but its former name was "Shō-Ichii Gozu Tennō". It was renamed to "Shimoajino Shrine" in Meiji 1 (1868). 

■Deity of the Shrine
Susanoo-no-Mikoto

■cultural property
[Kirin Dance]
Designated as a Tottori Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1998.
Designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2020.

Basic Information

Address (Japanese)
680-1165 鳥取県鳥取市下味318-1
Address
Shimoajino 318-1 Tottori, 680-1165
市内のアクセス情報
A three-minute walk from "Shimoajino-kami" bus stop on the Kando Bus Line