Shinto shrine
Kameoka Jinja
亀岡神社（かめおかじんじゃ）
Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture
A shrine on the site of the Ninomaru (second enclosure) of Hirado Castle, enshrining the successive heads of the Matsura family, lords of the Hirado domain, as 霊椿山神. At the autumn annual festival, “Hirado Okunchi,” Hirado Kagura, a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, is performed.
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 deity: 霊椿山神 (Minamoto no Tōru and the successive heads of the Matsura family of Hirado)
History and things to know
According to the shrine's tradition, it began with 霊椿山神社, the ancestral mausoleum of the Matsura family built by Matsura Takashi in Hōei 5 (1708). In the Meiji period the last domain lord, Matsura Akira, planned to move it, and together with Shichirō Jinja, Otomiya Jinja and Hachiman Jinja it was moved to the Ninomaru site; in Meiji 13 (1880) it was named Kameoka Jinja.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Before you visit
Opening hours, access, areas open to visitors, and events can change. Please check the latest guidance from the shrine or temple itself before you go.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 亀岡神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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