Utsuno Shrine

108/Shin-onsen Town Hamasaka

■Date of the Festival
Summer: ""Kawasuso Festival"" Sunday before the third Monday of July
Autumn: October-8
■Time for the Kirin Dance at the Shrine
7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
■Origin
Mid-Edo period
■Characteristics Designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Hyōgo Prefecture in 1972. The original Kirin head was crafted in 1817 and is still used in the dance today.
■Area
Shin-onsen Town Hamasaka 


According to the ridgepole sign remaining since the construction of the shrine, the Gozu-Tennō deity was transferred from Akasaka in Mitani district to the current location in Kanbun 2 (1662). The shrine was called “Gozu-Tennōkyū (Gion Shrine)” during the Edo period, and was renamed to "Utsuno Shrine" in Meiji 6 (1873).

■Deity of the Shrine
Ōkuninushi-no-Mikoto, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Inadahime-no-Mikoto　

■cultural property
[Kirin Dance]
Designated as a Hyōgo Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1972.
Designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2020.
[The Kirin’s Head]
Designated as a Tangible Folk Cultural Property of Shin-onsen Town in 1985.
[Temperate Vegetation]
Designated as a Hyōgo Prefecture Natural Treasure in 1968.
[Kawasuso Festival and Togyo Parade]
Designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Shin-onsen Town in 1992.
[The Shrine's framed Nameplate]
Designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of Shin-onsen Town in 1995.

Basic Information

Address (Japanese)
669-6701 兵庫県美方郡新温泉町浜坂2456-4
Address
2456-4, Mikata County Shin-onsen Town Hyogo, 669-6701
市内のアクセス情報
A thirteen-minute walk from Hamasaka Station on the JR San'in Main Line.