Hokkaido Shrine
北海道神宮
Sugou Isobe Shrine
Sugou Isobe Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Kaga Province (modern Ishikawa Prefecture), traditionally founded in 585 CE to appease a plague that threatened the imperial court. Listed in the Engishiki (927 CE) as a minor shrine, it served as the Second Shrine (ninomiya) of Kaga Province for centuries. The shrine's devotional traditions blended with Tenjin worship during the medieval period, when the Kitano Tenmangū held domain rights over the area. A small Tenjin shrine on the grounds — known as "Shikiji Tenjin" — reflects this Buddhist-Shinto syncretic heritage. The shrine is best known for the annual Otake-wari Festival (bamboo-splitting ritual) on February 10, designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Source: 天慶3年(940年)に正四位下の神階を授けられた記録
Shrine founded by enshrinement of palace kami to suppress a plague
Granted the divine rank of Junior Fourth Rank Lower Grade
Elevated to Kokuhei Shosha (national minor shrine) status
Location Coordinates
36.3172, 136.3175
Ru-Otsu-81 Daishoji Shikichi, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa
Kaga / Noto
Daishoji Station (JR Hokuriku Line)
Dawn to dusk
北海道神宮
上川神社
帯廣神社
樽前山神社
美瑛神社
旭川神社
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Sugou Isobe Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Kaga Province (modern Ishikawa Prefecture), traditionally founded in 585 CE to appease a plague that threatened the imperial court. Listed in the Engishiki (927 CE) as a minor shrine, it served as the Second Shrine (ninomiya) of Kaga Province for centuries. The shrine's devotional traditions blended with Tenjin worship during the medieval period, when the Kitano Tenmangū held domain rights over the area. A small Tenjin shrine on the grounds — known as "Shikiji Tenjin" — reflects this Buddhist-Shinto syncretic heritage. The shrine is best known for the annual Otake-wari Festival (bamboo-splitting ritual) on February 10, designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Sugou Isobe Shrine is located in Kaga-shi, Ishikawa. The full address is: Ru-Otsu-81 Daishoji Shikichi, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa.