Kanasana Shrine

Kanasana Shrine (金鑚神社, Kanasana Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Kamikawa, Saitama. The shrine worships Amaterasu alongside Susanoo-no-Mikoto.

It is a mid-range ranked Imperial shrine (Kanpei-chūsha), and is a Ninomiya of Musashi Province, or a second rank shrine in the province after the Ichinomiya, and is commonly called "Ninomiya-sama". It is considered a prestigious shrines in the Saitama Prefecture. The shrine is believed to have been founded when Yamato Takeru hid the tools of fire in Mount Ōmuro. Every November 23 it hosts a firestone festival (火金鑚祭, Hikiri Shinji)