Hokkaido Shrine

Located in Miyagaoka, Chuo Ward, Sapporo City. Four deities, Okunitama-no-kami, Onamuchi-no-kami, Sukunahiko-no-kami, and Emperor Meiji, are enshrined here. After the Meiji Restoration, Emperor Meiji ordered the development of Ezo, and in 1869 (Meiji 2), the Jingikan performed a ceremony to appease the spirits of the three deities involved in land development and industrial development. The head of the Hokkaido Development Commission was dispatched to Sapporo, and in 1871 the shrine was founded as a small national shrine in the current Maruyama area. In 1899, it was promoted to a large national shrine. In 1964 (Showa 39), Emperor Meiji was enshrined, and the shrine was renamed Hokkaido Shrine. Within the precincts is Kaitaku-jinja Shrine, which enshrines Mamiya Rinzo. The annual festival is held on June 15th. The event continues through the following day, the 16th, with a portable shrine procession and a march by the Restoration Loyalist Corps, and is known as the Sapporo Festival.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

札幌市中央区宮ヶ丘に鎮座。大国魂神(おおくにたまのかみ)、大那牟遅神(おおなむちのかみ)、少彦名神(すくなひこなのかみ)、明治天皇の4神を祀る。明治天皇は維新後蝦夷(えぞ)地の開拓を仰せ出され、1869年（明治2）神祇官(じんぎかん)で国土開拓殖産興業の3神の神霊鎮祭の儀が執行されて、札幌に開拓使長官が派遣され、1871年現在の円山(まるやま)の地に国幣小社札幌神社として創建された。1899年官幣大社に昇格。1964年（昭和39）には明治天皇を増祀(ぞうし)、北海道神宮と改称した。境内には間宮林蔵(まみやりんぞう)を祀る開拓神社がある。例祭は6月15日。翌16日にかけて神輿(みこし)渡御、維新勤王隊の行進があり、札幌まつりとよばれてにぎわう。

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