Reppupu Jinja
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In short
Named after its village, and in 1893 given three divided deities from Miyoshi Jinja in Sapporo.
Quick facts
- Address
- 42-10-1 Kita 42-jo Higashi, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Spiritual entities
- Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神) · Hachiman (八幡神) · Inari (稲荷大神) · Ōkuninushi (大国主命) · Tenjin (天神, Sugawara no Michizane)
About this place
Reppupu Jinja stands in Higashi-ku, Sapporo. Its deities are Amaterasu, Sukunahikona, Onamuchi, Ukanomitama, Haniyasuhime, Homudawake, Emperor Sutoku, Sugawara no Michizane and Fujiwara Miyoshi. On 9 November 1889 a small shrine was raised to Amaterasu and, it is said, named Reppupu Jinja after the village. In 1893 Yokoyama Kyūtarō acted as promoter and it was agreed to merge in the small shrines standing at two places within the village; in September of that year the shrine received three divided deities — Onamuchi, Sukunahikona and Fujiwara Miyoshi — from Miyoshi Jinja, then standing in the Sapporo ward, and a new hall was built. It received religious-corporation status in February 1953. Work on rebuilding the hall began in 1988; the present hall and shrine office were completed in July 1989 and the transfer rite held in August. The annual festival is 15 September, with the eve festival on 14 September. No benefit that may be prayed for is stated.
Origin and history
On 9 November 1889 a small shrine was raised to Amaterasu and, it is said, named Reppupu Jinja after the village.
In 1893 Yokoyama Kyūtarō acted as promoter and it was agreed to merge in the small shrines standing at two places within the village; in September of that year the shrine received three divided deities — Onamuchi, Sukunahikona and Fujiwara Miyoshi — from Miyoshi Jinja, then standing in the Sapporo ward, and a new hall was built.
It received religious-corporation status in February 1953. Work on rebuilding began in 1988; the present hall and office were completed in July 1989 and the transfer rite held in August.
What it is locally associated with
Divided deities from Miyoshi Jinja
In September 1893 the shrine received three divided deities — Onamuchi, Sukunahikona and Fujiwara Miyoshi — from Miyoshi Jinja, then standing in the Sapporo ward.
documented historyNamed after the village
On 9 November 1889 a small shrine was raised to Amaterasu and, it is said, named Reppupu Jinja after the village.
folk traditionVillage shrines merged in
In 1893 Yokoyama Kyūtarō acted as promoter and it was agreed to merge in the small shrines standing at two places within the village.
documented history
The shrine this one received its gods from is another shrine in Sapporo. Three divided deities — Onamuchi, Sukunahikona and Fujiwara Miyoshi — came from Miyoshi Jinja, then standing in the Sapporo ward. That shrine is on this list: it holds a divided spirit that one man, Kimura Tōkichi of Akita, carried from Mount Taihei in 1878. So the line runs Akita, then Miyoshi Jinja, then here — a god carried into the city has branched again inside it.
This is the second Sapporo shrine to pass its deities on. Hokkaido Jingu gave three to Sapporo-mura Jinja and Sukunahikona to Naebo Jinja, and Shiroishi Jinja took its cast-off hall. This is the first branch from a different parent.
The name is the village’s. A small shrine was raised and, it is said, named Reppupu Jinja after the village. As at Naebo Jinja and Nishioka Hachimangu in the same city, the name of the ground and the name of the shrine are tied together across this region.
What was merged came from close by: in 1893, with Yokoyama Kyūtarō as promoter, it was agreed to merge in the small shrines standing at two places within the village. The result is a shrine of nine deities.
Claims and evidence levels 2
- In September 1893 the shrine received three divided deities from Miyoshi Jinja in the Sapporo ward and built a new hall. documented history
- A small shrine to Amaterasu was raised on 9 November 1889 and named after the village. folk tradition
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Sources
- 烈々布神社 — 北海道神社庁札幌支部 (accessed 2026-08-16)
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