Shinto shrine
Inbe Jinja
忌部神社（いんべじんじゃ）
Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture
A shrine in Nikenya-chō, Tokushima City, styled the chief guardian shrine of Awa Province. It enshrines Ame no Hiwashi no Mikoto, ancestral kami of the Awa Inbe, who is revered as a kami of rites using hemp and yū cloth and of weaving.
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: Ame no Hiwashi no Mikoto
History and things to know
According to the official guide, it is recorded in the Jinmyōchō of the Engishiki as a Myōjin Taisha of Oe District in Awa Province, and shrine records say that Minamoto no Yoshitsune dedicated a sword at the time of the Battle of Yashima. From the medieval period onward its location became unknown and disputes continued, but in Meiji 18 the present site was fixed as the shrine grounds, and the ceremony of moving the kami was held in Meiji 20. After the buildings were lost in the war, the main sanctuary was rebuilt in Shōwa 28 and the worship hall in Shōwa 43.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Before you visit
The main shrine is in Nikenya-chō, Tokushima City. Gosho Jinja in Sadamitsu, Tsurugi Town, is this shrine's inner shrine (okumiya) and is in a separate place.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 忌部神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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