Kamiteine Jinja

Quick facts

Address

290-257 Nishino, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Spiritual entities

Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神) · Susanoo no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)

About this place

Kamiteine Jinja stands in Nishi-ku, Sapporo. Its deities are Amaterasu and Susanoo. In 1876 settlers from the Sendai domain took Susanoo as their guardian deity, raised a small shrine and named it Kamiteine Jinja. Amaterasu was added in 1898. In 1920 a memorial mound for oxen and horses was raised. It became a religious corporation in 1953 and moved to its present site in 1965. A grand rite for the centenary of its founding was held in 1976, a new shrine office was completed in 1990, and a grand rite for the 120th year was held in 1996. The annual festival is 16 September, with the eve festival on 15 September. No benefit that may be prayed for is stated.

Origin and history

In 1876 settlers from the Sendai domain took Susanoo as their guardian deity, raised a small shrine and named it Kamiteine Jinja. Amaterasu was added in 1898.

In 1920 a memorial mound for oxen and horses was raised. It became a religious corporation in 1953 and moved to its present site in 1965.

A grand rite for the centenary was held in 1976, a new shrine office was completed in 1990, and a grand rite for the 120th year was held in 1996.

What it is locally associated with

• Origin

  Raised by settlers from Sendai

  In 1876 settlers from the Sendai domain took Susanoo as their guardian deity, raised a small shrine and named it Kamiteine Jinja.

  documented history

• What people do here

  A mound for oxen and horses

  In 1920 a memorial mound for oxen and horses was raised.

  documented history

• Origin

  Amaterasu added

  Amaterasu was added to the shrine’s deities in 1898.

  documented history

In this precinct there is a mound for oxen and horses, raised in 1920. Animals appear at several places on this list, but nearly always as the ones who decide: an ox chose the grave at Dazaifu Tenmangu, a white heron settled on the ground where Furougu was built, the god of Kasuga Taisha came riding a white deer. Here the animals are the ones being mourned. A mound for the oxen and horses that worked the opened land has no counterpart on this list.

The settlers came from the Sendai domain. Kotoni Jinja, also in Sapporo, was raised by farmer-soldiers of the old Watari domain, likewise in present-day Miyagi. Two shrines here were founded by people from that province.

Name and place no longer agree. The shrine is called Kamiteine, but its address is Nishino in Nishi-ku — the result of the move to its present site in 1965. It is named for one district and stands in another.

The deities grew. It began with Susanoo alone, and Amaterasu was added in 1898: the guardian chosen first, the deity of Ise following after.

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Sources

1. 上手稲神社 — 北海道神社庁札幌支部 (accessed 2026-08-16)