Wakasa Shrine
093/Wakasa Town Wakasa
| ■Date of the Festival | May 2 and 3 |
| ■Time for the Kirin Dance at the Shrine | Eve of the festival: No dance at the shrine Festival day: 9 a.m. |
| ■Origin | Early Edo period (1659) |
| ■Characteristics | The dance is originally from Ube Shrine. |
| ■Area | Wakasa Town Wakasa |
The year of the shrine's founding is unknown, but according to a legend it has been called “Matsugami Daimyōjin” since ancient times.
■Deity of the Shrine
Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto, Izanami-no-Mikoto, Homutawake-no-Mikoto, Amaterasu- Ōmikami, Toyouke-bime, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Ukemochi-no-Kami, Ukanomitama-no-Mikoto, Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto, Mizuhanome-no-Kami, Ōyamazumi-no-Kami, Kagutsuchi-no-Kami, Ame-no-mikudari-musubi-no-Kami, Sugawara-no-michizanekō
■cultural property
[Kirin Dance]
Designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2020.
[Woods around the Shrine]
Designated as a Tottori Prefecture Natural Monument in 1982.
Basic Information
- Address (Japanese)
- 680-0711 鳥取県八頭郡若桜町若桜634
- Address
- Wakasa 634, Wakasa Town, Yazu County Tottori, 680-0711
- 市内のアクセス情報
- A fifteen-minute walk from Wakasa Station on the Wakasa Railway Line.