Ōwasami-no-Mikoto Shrine

140/Tottori City Kamisunami

■Date of the Festival
Second Sunday of October
■Time for the Kirin Dance at the Shrine
9 a.m. at both locations of ＜139＞and ＜140＞
■Origin
Unknown
■Characteristics The Kirin dance was designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Tottori Prefecture in 1959. A grand festival is held every 5 years. In one of the dances, the Kirin performes while holding a sword.
■Area
Tottori City Kamisunami 


The year of the shrine's founding is unknown. According to an entry in the history text "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku", the shrine's deity "Ōwasami of Inaba Province" was granted the 14th rank on June of Jōgan 7 (865). The shrine is listed in the "Engishiki", a book of laws and customs compiled in 927, as “Ōwasami-no-mikoto Shrine”.

■Deity of the Shrine
Ōwasami-no-Mikoto, Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami, Toyogumonu-no-Kami, Uhijini-no-Kami, Suhijini-no-Kami, Tsunogui-no-Kami, Ikigui-no-Kami, Ōtonoji-no-Kami, Ōtonobe-no-Kami, Omodaruo-Kami, Ayakashikone-no-Kami, Izanagi-no-Kami, Izanami-no-Kami, Amaterasu-Ōmikami, Ame-no-oshihomimi-no-Kami, Ninigi-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.
[The Kirin’s Head in Ōyudana District]
The wooden head of the Kirin was designated as a Protected Cultural Heritage of Tottori Prefecture in 1954. It was crafted in the mid-Edo period.

Basic Information

Address (Japanese)
680-1155 鳥取県鳥取市中砂見674
Address
Kamisunami 674 Tottori City Tottori, 680-1155
市内のアクセス情報
A five-minute walk from "Kamisunami" bus stop on the Kando Bus Line.