Visited in person · Original photography
Origins and founding
Founded in 1870. The Meiji government built it in the newly opened port of Yokohama. A divided spirit was brought from Ise Jingu. The shrine is known as "the Ise of Kanto".
A stone monument records the shrine's history beside a plan of the grounds.
What to see
A hill overlooking Yokohama harbour / in 2018 a new main hall was built from buildings given to the shrine by Ise Jingu. The shrine marked its 150th anniversary in 2020.
The auxiliary Kitsuki-no-miya and Ne-no-Okami shrine.
Cultural context
An example of State Shinto (→ Japan and its shrines: History). The state built a new shrine in an international treaty port. It is also an example of the custom of redistributing old timber from Ise Jingu's Shikinen Sengu rebuildings around Japan.