Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine

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. The shrine has existed since the 13th century.^[3]

Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine (本住吉神社, Motosumiyoshi Jinja)
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Sokotsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Nakatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Uwatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Empress Jingū Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto[1]
Location
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	34.7187453°N 135.260127°E / 34.7187453; 135.260127
Glossary of Shinto

Festivals

The Higashinada Danjiri festival is held in the shrine area each May. Thirty-two Danjiri festival carts depart through the shrine’s gate and are paraded through the streets surrounding the shrine to pray for protection from disease and disasters.^[4]

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]

Access

The shrine is 1 minute walk from JR Sumiyoshi station, and 10 minutes walk from the Hanshin Electric Railway Sumiyoshi station.^[7]