Shinto shrine
Ryūkō Myōjinsha
龍口明神社（りゅうこうみょうじんしゃ）
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
An old shrine in Koshigoe, Kamakura City, enshrining Gozuryū Ōkami, who appears in the legend of the Benzaiten of Enoshima, and Tamayorihime no Mikoto. It has been revered as a husband-and-wife shrine paired with Enoshima 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: Gozuryū Ōkami, Tamayorihime no Mikoto
History and things to know
According to the shrine's tradition, it began in Kinmei 13 (552), when villagers built a shrine on 龍口山 to worship the five-headed dragon that had turned into a mountain. In Yōrō 7 (723) wooden statues of the two kami carved by Taichō on Enoshima are said to have been placed here, and in Shōwa 53 (1978) the shrine moved to its present site.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
It moved to its present site in Koshigoe in Shōwa 53. The shrine building and torii from before the move also remain at the former precinct (in Tsu, Kamakura City), but the usual place of worship is the shrine building in Koshigoe.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 龍口明神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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