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. | ||||||
Affiliation: Shinto | ||||||
Deity: Sokotsutsu-no-O-no-MikotoNakatsutsu-no-O-no-MikotoUwatsutsu-no-O-no-MikotoEmpress JingūAmenokoyane-no-MikotoŌyamatsumi-no-Mikoto[1] | ||||||