Ube Shrine
068/Tottori City Kokufu Town Miyanoshita
| ■Date of the Festival | April-20, 21, and closest Sunday to April-21 |
| ■Time for the Kirin Dance at the Shrine | Eve of the festival: 8 p.m./ Festival day: 10 a.m. |
| ■Origin | Early Edo period (around 1650) |
| ■Characteristics | The shrine was established in 648 as the main shrine of Inaba province. The Kirin dance was designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Tottori Prefecture in 1959. |
| ■Area | Tottori City Kokufu Town Miyanoshita |
It is said that the shrine was founded in Taika 4 (648). It was the only shrine in Tottori Prefecture with its name listed as "Myōjin Taisha" (high-ranking shrine) in the "Engishiki", a book of laws and customs compiled in 927.
■Deity of the Shrine
Takeshiuchi-no-sukune-no-Mikoto
■cultural property
[Kirin Dance]
Designated as a Tottori Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1959.
Designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2020.
[Forest on the Shrine Grounds]
Designated as a Tottori Prefecture Nature Reserve Forest in 1959.
[Full Set of Ritual Instruments]
Designated as a Tottori Prefecture Tangible Folk Cultural Property in 1964.
Area
Basic Information
- Address (Japanese)
- 680-0151 鳥取県鳥取市国府町宮下651
- Address
- Miyanoshita 651, Kokufu Town Tottori City Tottori, 680-0151
- Telephone Number
- 0857-22-5025
- Fax Number
- 0857-29-2225
- Access
- A three-minute walk from "Miyanoshita" bus stop on the Nakagawara Bus Line.
