Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine (本住吉神社, Motosumiyoshi Jinja) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Higashinada ward, Kobe.[2] It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe. It is next to Sumiyoshi Station. There is documentary evidence that the shrine has existed since the 13th century.[3]

Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine holds a danjiri festival annually in May.[4] Portable shrines are wheeled through neighborhoods around the shrine by teams of about 50 people.

Controversy

It is insisted by the Shrine in its "Chronicle of Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine" (2000), based on Kojiki-den written by Motoori Norinaga, that the head of Sumiyoshi Shrine originally moved from this Shrine to Sumiyoshi Taisha because Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine has "Moto-" which means "the Head".[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Hyogo-Jinjacho
  2. ^ Hyogo-Jinjacho
  3. ^ "本住吉神社". Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Higashinada Ward Danjiri Festival". 25 March 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. ^ Hyogo Jinjacho
  6. ^ Azumi-zoku and Sumiyoshi Shrine-6