Founded atop Nogeyama hill in 1870 to anchor the new port city—revered as 'the Ise Shrine of Kanto,' it remains Yokohama's chief guardian shrine and one of Kanagawa's largest.
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1870 年
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神社
Access
10 min walk from JR/Subway Sakuragicho Station, or 10 min from Keikyu Hinode-cho Station
Known as 'the Ise Shrine of Kanto,' this is the supreme guardian shrine of Yokohama, enshrining Amaterasu-Omikami. Founded in 1870 by the Meiji government as the spiritual anchor for the rapidly internationalizing port city, it occupies the heights of Nogeyama hill (approx. 36m elevation) with sweeping views over Yokohama Harbor. Beloved as a venue for Shinto weddings and one of Kanagawa's largest…
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After Yokohama's opening as a treaty port in 1859, the rapidly internationalizing city required a great guardian shrine as its spiritual center. In 1870, the Meiji government enshrined a divine spirit from Ise Jingu—the supreme shrine of Shinto—atop Nogeyama hill, establishing Iseyama Kotai Jingu. I…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "天照大御神"
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Festivals & Events
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30
Iseyama Kotai Jingu Nagoshi Purification
The Nagoshi no Oharae purification at Iseyama Kotai Jingu, the chief guardian shrine of Yokohama. Known as "Yokohama's Ise Shrine," the chinowa grass ring walk on June 30 allows citizens to purify themselves of the first half year's impurities at this shrine with a history stretching back to the opening of Yokohama Port.