Sōja-gū [ja ] the Soja shrine where the 304 kami of Bitchu Province are all worshipped A Sōja (総社 ) is a kind of Shinto shrine where the kami of an area are all worshipped. The area can be as small as a manor or as large as a province . Some soja shrines are also ichinomiya .[ 1] `
When a new provincial governor was appointed he needed to visit all the kami of the province. Having all the kami at one soja shrine helped make this easier.[ 2]
Region Province Shrine Location Shrine ranking Engishiki Jinmyocho Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Beppyo ? Kinai Yamashiro unknown Yamato unknown Takatori, Nara Kawachi Shikiagatanushi Shrine [ja ] Fujiidera, Osaka Shikinai Taisha Son-sha Izumi Izumi Inoue Shrine [ja ] Izumi, Osaka Fuken-sha Settsu Nanba Shrine [ a] Fuken-sha Tōkaidō Iga Province unknown Ise Inatomi Shrine [ja ] Suzuka, Mie Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Miyake Shrine [ja ] Suzuka, Mie Shikinai Shosha Son-sha Shima Kokufu Shrine [ja ] Shima, Mie Son-sha Owari Owari Ōkunitama Shrine [ja ] Inazawa, Aichi Shikinai Shosha Kokuhei Shōsha Yes Mikawa Mikawa Sōja [ja ] Toyokawa, Aichi Ken-sha Tōtōmi Ōmikunitama Shrine [ja ] Iwata, Shizuoka Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Suruga Shizuoka Sengen Shrine [ja ] (Kambe Junja) Shizuoka, Shizuoka Shikinai Shosha Kokuhei Shōsha Yes Izu Mishima Taisha [ja ] [ b] Mishima, Shizuoka Kanpei Taisha Kai Kaina Shrine 1st location [ja ] Fuefuki, Yamanashi Shikinai Shosha Son-sha Kaina Shrine 2nd location [ja ] Fuefuki, Yamanashi Shikinai Shosha Son-sha Miyamae-cho Hachimangu [ja ] (3rd location) Kōfu , Yamanashi Ken-sha Sagami Rokusho Shrine [ja ] Ōiso, Kanagawa Gō-sha Musashi Ōkunitama Shrine [ja ] Fuchū, Tokyo kanpei-shōsha Yes Awa Rokusho Shrine [ja ] Tateyama, Chiba Unknown Tsuruya Hachiman Shrine [ja ] (2nd location) Tateyama, Chiba Ken-sha Kazusa Togakushi Shrine [ja ] Ichihara, Chiba Son-sha Iigaoka Hachimangu [ja ] (2nd location) Ichihara, Chiba Ken-sha Shimōsa Rokusho Shrine [ja ] Ichikawa, Chiba Son-sha Hitachi Hitachi-no-Kuni Sōshagū [ja ] Ishioka, Ibaraki Ken-sha Tōsandō Ōmi unknown Mino Nangū Otabi Shrine [ja ] Tarui, Gifu Setsumatsusha Hida Hida Sōja [ja ] Takayama, Gifu Ken-sha Shinano Shinano Omiya Shrine [ja ] Ueda, Nagano Ken-sha Iwa Shrine [ja ] (2nd location) Matsumoto, Nagano Son-sha Kōzuke Sōja Shrine [ja ] Maebashi, Gunma Ken-sha Shimotsuke Ōmiwa Shrine (Shimotsuke) [ja ] Tochigi, Tochigi Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Mutsu Mutsu Sōsha-no-miya [ja ] Tagajō, Miyagi Son-sha Dewa Rokusho Shrine [ja ] Tsuruoka, Yamagata Gō-sha Hokurikudō Wakasa Sō Shrine [ja ] Obama, Fukui Son-sha Echizen Sōja Daijingū [ja ] Echizen, Fukui Ken-sha Kaga Isobe Shrine [ja ] Komatsu, Ishikawa Shikinai Shosha Gō-sha Noto Sōsha [ja ] Nanao, Ishikawa Son-sha Etchū Keta Shrine [ c] Fuken-sha Echigo Fuchū Hachiman-gū [ja ] Jōetsu, Niigata Unknown Sado Sōsha Shrine [ja ] Sado , Niigata Unknown San'indō Tamba Sō Shrine [ja ] Nantan, Kyoto Unknown Tango Kono Shrine [en ] [ d] Kokuhei Chūsha Tajima Keta Shrine [ja ] Toyooka, Hyōgo Shikinai Shosha Gō-sha Inaba unknown Hōki Kokuchōri Shrine [ja ] (Sōja-daimyōjin) Kurayoshi, Tottori Shikigeisha Ken-sha Izumo Rokusho Shrine [ja ] Matsue, Shimane Ken-sha Iwami Ikan Shrine [ja ] Hamada, Shimane Shikinai Shosha Son-sha Oki Tamawakasumikoto Shrine [ja ] (Sōja-daimyōjin) Okinoshima, Shimane Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Ariki Shrine [ja ] Okinoshima, Shimane Son-sha San'yōdō Harima Itatehyōzu Shrine Himeji, Hyōgo Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Yes Mimasaka Mimasaka Sōja-gū [ja ] Tsuyama, Okayama Ken-sha Bizen Bizen-no-Kuni Sōjagū Okayama, Okayama Gō-sha Bitchū Bitchū-no-kuni Sōja-gū [ja ] Sōja, Okayama Ken-sha Bingo Ono Shrine [ja ] Fuchū, Hiroshima Unknown Aki unknown Take Shrine [ja ] Fuchū, Hiroshima Myojin Taisha Ken-sha Suō Saba Shrine [ja ] Hōfu, Yamaguchi Ken-sha Nagato Sōsha-gū [ja ] (subshrine of Iminomiya Shrine ) Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Setsumatsusha Wakamiya Shrine [ja ] Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Unknown Nankaidō Kii Fumori Shrine [ja ] Wakayama, Wakayama Son-sha Awaji Jūichimyōjin Shrine [ja ] Minamiawaji, Hyōgo Son-sha Awa Hachiman Sōsha Ryo Shrine [ja ] Tokushima, Tokushima Son-sha Omiwa Shrine [ja ] Tokushima, Tokushima Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Sanuki Sōja Shrine [ja ] Sakaide, Kagawa Gō-sha Iyo Ikanashi Shrine [ja ] Imabari, Ehime Shikinai Shosha Son-sha Tosa Tosa Kokubun-ji [ja ] Nankoku, Kōchi Gō-sha Saikaidō Chikuzen unknown Chikugo Kōra taisha Kurume, Fukuoka Kokuhei Taisha Buzen Sōsha Hachiman-gū [ja ] Miyako, Fukuoka Gō-sha Bungo unknown Hizen unknown Higo Kitaoka Shrine Kumamoto, Kumamoto Fuken-sha Hyūga Tsuma Shrine Saito, Miyazaki Shikinai Shosha Ken-sha Ōsumi Haraido Shrine [ja ] Kirishima, Kagoshima Son-sha Satsuma Shukō Shrine [ja ] subshrine of Nitta Shrine Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Setsumatsusha Iki Kō Shrine Iki, Nagasaki Son-sha Tsushima unknown Hokkaido Hakodate Hachimangū [en ] Kokuhei Chūsha
These are notable smaller Soja shrines for regions smaller than provinces
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