Shinto shrine
Kamo Jinja
加毛神社（かもじんじゃ）
Wanouchi, Gifu Prefecture
A shikinaisha (shrine listed in the Engishiki) on the right-bank levee of the Ōgure River, a tributary of the Nagara River, identified as one of the four shrines of Anpachi District in the register of shrines in the Engishiki. Its chief enshrined kami is 神別雷命, and it is said that settlers enshrined the ancestral kami of the Kamo clan.
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: 神別雷命
History and things to know
According to the guide of the Gifu Prefecture Association of Shinto Shrines, the register of shrines of Mino Province lists "Kamo Myōjin, Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade," and there was a time, though when is unknown, when the shrine's name was changed to Shirahige Jinja, enshrining Shirahige Daimyōjin. In Meiji 2 it was renamed Kamo Jinja, and in Meiji 6 it was listed as the gōsha (district shrine) of the 18 villages of the Fukuzuka ring-levee area. Its annual festival is on September 30.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
To distinguish it from the many Kamo Jinja shrines (加茂神社 and 賀茂神社) elsewhere, this is Kamo Jinja (加毛神社) in 下大榑東, Wanouchi.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 加毛神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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