Sacred place
Nishino Shrine
Nishino Shrine in Nishi Ward, Sapporo, a Meiji-era tutelary shrine of the Heiwa district founded by Fukui settlers in 1885.
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Meiji-era tutelary shrine in western Sapporo founded by Fukui settlers, enshrining the Hyuga mother-and-son deities of the Kojiki sea-palace narrative.
Description
Nishino Shrine in Nishi Ward, Sapporo, stands at the southern foot of Mount Teine and serves as a tutelary shrine of western Sapporo. It was founded in 1885 by settlers from Ono in Fukui Prefecture, who invited the deities of their hometown Kasuga Shrine to the Hokkaido pioneer settlement. The shrine enshrines Toyotama-hime no Mikoto and Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto, the mother and father of Emperor Jimmu in the Kojiki (712 CE) sea-palace narrative, alongside Honda-wake no Mikoto (Emperor Ojin, the Hachiman deity). This pairing of Hyuga mother-and-son deities in northern Hokkaido is unusual. The shrine became a village shrine (sonsha) in 1897 and was elevated to district shrine (gosha) in 1932. The current main hall in nagare-zukuri style was built in 1969.
Enshrined deities
Sources
西野神社 公式・公的由緒資料
Institutional source西野神社の由緒、所在地、参詣圏を確認するための公式・公的資料。
西野神社 地域資料・百科資料
Secondary source西野神社の名称、所在地、歴史的背景を補助的に確認する二次資料。
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