Shinto shrine
Shirahata Jinja
白旗神社（しらはたじんじゃ）
Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture
A shrine near Fujisawa-hommachi Station, enshrining Samukawahiko no Mikoto and Minamoto no Yoshitsune. It was formerly called Samukawa Jinja, and in the Edo period it became the chief tutelary shrine of the former Sakado-machi and was renamed Shirahata Jinja.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Enshrined kami: Samukawahiko no Mikoto, Minamoto no Yoshitsune (together with Amaterasu Sumeōkami, Ōkuninushi no Mikoto, Ōyamatsumi no Mikoto, Kuni no Sazuchi no Mikoto, Yamato Takeru no Mikoto)
History and things to know
According to shrine tradition, the year of its founding is unknown, but it invited Samukawahiko no Mikoto of the Ichinomiya of Sagami Province and was called Samukawa Jinja. It is said that the head of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who took his own life in Ōshū, reached this place, and the shrine's name is said to derive from his being enshrined as Shirahata Myōjin on Yoritomo's instruction. The present shrine building was constructed in Tenpō 6 (1835).
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
It is a different shrine from Samukawa Jinja (the Ichinomiya of Sagami Province) in Samukawa town.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 白旗神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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