Inbe Shrine

Inbe Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityFutodama
Location
Geographic coordinateshttps://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=%E5%BF%8C%E9%83%A8%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE&params=34_03_37_N_134_32_44_E_scale:30000_region:JP-36
Glossary of Shinto

Inbe Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Tokushima, Japan.

The shrine is linked to and named after the Inbe clan, who used to rule the region.:384

It is on the slope of Mount Bizan, and some consider it the Ichinomiya or first-ranked shrine of Shikoku. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it and a Myojin Taisha. It is linked to the Inbe clan, the first settlers of Eastern Shikoku.

It is located on a hill called Seimi-Yama on the southern end of Tokushima. It is uphill from a Konpira Shrine called Seimi no Konpira.

Their main family shrine is Awa Shrine.

It enshrines Futodama, the ancestor of the Inbe clan.

It has a famous weaving hall where the cloth of imperial succession is woven.

While not a part of the Shikoku Pilgrimage it is often attended by pilgrims on the pilgrimage due to proximity to the official 88 sites.