is a Japanese

Shinto shrine A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion. Overview Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings. The '' honden''Also called (本殿, meani ...

in Higashinada ward,

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

. It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe. It is next to Sumiyoshi Station. The shrine has existed since the 13th century. Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine holds a danjiri festival annually in May. Portable shrines are wheeled through neighborhoods around the shrine by teams of about 50 people.

Controversy

It is insisted by the Shrine in its "Chronicle of Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine" (2000), based on Kojiki-den written by Motoori Norinaga, that the head of Sumiyoshi Shrine originally moved from this Shrine to Sumiyoshi Taisha because Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine has "Moto-" which means "the Head".Azumi-zoku and Sumiyoshi Shrine-6
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References

Shinto shrines in Hyōgo Prefecture Shrines dedicated to Empress Jingū Sumiyoshi shrines {{Sumiyoshi Faith