Shinto shrine
Futami Okitama Jinja
二見興玉神社（ふたみおきたまじんじゃ）
Ise, Mie Prefecture
A shrine at Futamiura in Futami-chō, Ise, Mie Prefecture, enshrining Okitama no Ōkami (Sarutahiko Ōkami) as its main kami and Ukanomitama no Ōkami in the aidono (shared sanctuary). It is known for the Meoto Iwa (Wedded Rocks), through which people venerate the Okitama Shinseki offshore, and it has been regarded as a sacred site of misogi purification.
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: Okitama no Ōkami (also called Sarutahiko Ōkami); aidono: Ukanomitama no Ōkami
History and things to know
According to shrine tradition, when Yamatohime no Mikoto, bearing Amaterasu Ōmikami, stopped her boat at Futamiura, Okitama no Ōkami appeared on 厳島 in the sea and protected the kami's journey; the shrine's founding is said to be when this rock was revered as the Okitama Shinseki, a sacred rope (shimenawa) was stretched across the Meoto Iwa, and a place of worship from afar was established. In the Tenpyō era Gyōki built Edera and made the Okitama shrine its guardian shrine, but in Meiji 9, with the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, a shrine building was constructed in front of the Meoto Iwa, and in Meiji 43 Sannomiya Jinja was merged into it and it took its present name.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
The Okitama Shinseki lies in the sea offshore from the Meoto Iwa.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 二見興玉神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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