Okuni Shrine

Located in the heart of Shizuoka’s peaceful and beautiful countryside and an hour away by car from Hamamatsu, Okuni Shrine is one of the four major Shinto Shrines in the Shizuoka prefecture. According to past official documents, Okuni Shrine was established on February 18, 555 and enshrines the deity known as O-na-muchi No Mikoto, also known as Okunimushi No Mikoto (The Great Land Master). Since then the Temple received the Imperial offerings and its special envoy every year and many centuries later on June 13, 1874 the Meiji government gave Okuni Shrine the rank of Kokuhei-Shosha class of Nationally significant shrines.