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Our guide
Izawa-no-miya, in the Kaminogō area of Isobe in the city of Shima, Mie, is one of two shrines that claim to be the ichinomiya of the former Shima Province. With Takihara-no-miya in Taiki, it is one of the two “distant shrines” of Amaterasu, outlying branches of the Inner Shrine of Ise.
Kaminogō Station on the Kintetsu Shima Line is about 250 m away in a straight line. Shima Spain Village is about 3.8 km away.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Izawa-no-miya 07 — N yotarou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Saminaga-jinja 04 — N yotarou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya 08 — N yotarou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya 06 — N yotarou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya, shinden-2 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya, haraedokoro and imibiyaden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya, torii — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya, honden-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya, honden-2 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Izawa-no-miya, kodenchi — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Izawa-no-miya (伊雑宮) is a Shinto shrine in the Kaminogō neighborhood of Isobe in the city of Shima in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Shima Province. Together with the Takihara-no-miya (瀧原宮) in Taiki, it is one of the Amaterasu-Ōkami no Tonomiya (天照大神の遙宮), or external branches of the Inner Shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Kaminogō (Kintetsu Shima Line), about 250 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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