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Our guide
Tsukubusuma Shrine, also called Chikubushima Shrine, stands on Chikubu Island in Shiga. Its main hall is a National Treasure, and its main festival is held every year on 15 June.
The shrine is on an island, so check how to get there before you go; we have not checked this.
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
- Chikubusumajinja01s3200 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Tsukubusuma-jinja Shintô Shrine - Road approaching a shrine — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Tsukubusuma-jinja Shintô Shrine - Kokuryû-dô — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Small shrine for the White Snake God, a messenger of goddess Benzaiten. 白巳大神 — HAL-Guandu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Chikubusumajinja113247 — 日: Jnn · CC BY 2.1 jp · source · resized
- Chikubusumajinja04s3200 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Chikubusumajinja02s3200 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Chikubushima enkei — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Chikubu Island Tsukubusuma-Jinja DSCN1966 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
- Chikubu Island Tsukubusuma-Jinja DSCN1965 — Brakeet · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Tsukubusuma Shrine (都久夫須麻神社, Tsukubusuma Jinja) is a Shinto shrine on Chikubu Island in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its main hall (本殿, honden) is a National Treasure of Japan. The shrine's main festival is held annually on June 15. It is also called Chikubushima Shrine (竹生島神社, Chikubushima Jinja).
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Getting there
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