Iseyama Kōtai Jingū (伊勢山皇大神宮)

Sando (pathway)

Iseyama Kotai Jingu (伊勢山皇大神宮) is a Shinto shrine founded in 1870, at a time when Yokohama was rapidly developing as Japan’s leading trading port and a center of modernization and Westernization.

At the time, the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Moritome Iseki (1833–1890), proclaimed, "In the midst of rapid modernization and Westernization, we shall build a solemn shrine enshrining Amaterasu-Omikami, guardian of the nation, as a spiritual anchor for the people of Yokohama and as a symbol of the city so that they do not lose sight of the essence of Japan.” Accordingly, an old shrine in the Tobe district was relocated to a hilltop overlooking the port. During the relocation, a five-day festival was held, and it is said that ice cream gained nationwide popularity during this time.

Haiden (worship hall)

The shrine's Reisai (annual grand festival) is celebrated on May 15 — a date that once marked a public holiday in Yokohama.

Subordinate Shrines

Kizukinomiya and Neno-okami (杵築宮・子之大神)

Omiwa Jinja (Iwakura) (大神神社[磐座])

Reference:

• 伊勢山皇大神宮. (n.d.). 伊勢山皇大神宮. 横浜総鎮守 伊勢山皇大神宮. https://www.iseyama.jp/