Shinto shrine
Tsukubasan Jinja
筑波山神社（つくばさんじんじゃ）
Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
An ancient shrine that reveres Mount Tsukuba itself, with its two peaks side by side, as its sacred body (goshintai). Tsukubao no Ōkami (Izanagi no Mikoto) is enshrined on Nantaisan and Tsukubame no Ōkami (Izanami no Mikoto) on Nyotaisan.
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: Tsukubao no Ōkami (Izanagi no Mikoto), Tsukubame no Ōkami (Izanami no Mikoto)
History and things to know
According to shrine tradition, in the time of Emperor Sujin, Tsukuba no Mikoto was appointed kuni no miyatsuko of Tsukuba, and his clan served the shrine thereafter. In the Engishiki the male kami was listed as a myōjin taisha and the female kami as a minor shrine, and in the Edo period the shogunate, regarding it as the mountain guarding the kimon (demon gate) of Edo, granted it shrine lands of 1,500 koku. The worship hall on the mountainside was built in Meiji 8.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
Visitors worship the mountain from the worship hall on the mountainside (about 270 m above sea level); the two kami are enshrined on the summits of Nantaisan and Nyotaisan respectively.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 筑波山神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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