Kashima Jingū

, also known as Kashima-jinja,Kotodamaya.com, "Kashima Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-28. is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki on the island of Honshu.Kashima City,  "Kashima Jinju Shrine" ; retrieved 2012-11-28.

History
Kashima was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Hitachi Province.  It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Ibaraki Prefecture.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-11-28.  This place is special to the kami named .

In the modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, Kashima was listed in the middle range of ranked Imperial shrines or  which included  23 sanctuaries.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 125.

References

Other websites

Kashima Jingu website 

Category:Kanpei Taisha
Category:Ichinomiya
Category:Chokusaisha
Category:Shinto shrines in Ibaraki Prefecture
Category:Shikinaisha in Hitachi Province