Ichinomiya Shrine (Tokushima)

Ichinomiya Shrine (一宮神社, Ichinomiya-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It claims to be the ichinomiya (head shrine) of the old Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on October 18. In the Engishiki Jinmyōchō it is a Myōjin Taisha. Worshipped gods The gods worshipped at the shrine are Ōgetsu-hime -no-Mikoto (大宜都比売命), the goddess of food Ohirume no Mikoto (八倉比売命), also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami Gallery Related pages List of Shinto shrines Ichinomiya References Plutschow, Herbe. Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (1996) ISBN 1-873410-63-8 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887 Notes Other websites Tokushima city home page Archived 2023-06-04 at the Wayback Machine