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Our guide
Tsushima Shrine in the city of Tsushima, Aichi, is the head shrine of the Tsushima faith, a network of about 3,000 shrines centred on the Tōkai region, the tenth largest such network in Japan. Its main kami are Gozu Tennō, the “ox-headed heavenly king” and god of pestilence, and Susanoo, two deities that came to be treated as one; so, like other shrines of the network, it is also called Tsushima Gozu Tennō-sha.
Tsushima Station on the Meitetsu Bisai Line is about 1.1 km away in a straight line.
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
- Tsushima-jinja Shrine Haiden (1), Shimmei-cho Tsushima City 2023 — Tomio344456 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 津島神社（愛知県） - 津島照魂社2 — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 津島神社（愛知県） - 柏樹社 — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 津島神社（愛知県） - 弥五郎殿社 — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 津島神社（愛知県） - 居森社 — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 津島神社（愛知県） - 参集殿 — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tsushimatennosai1 — Bariston · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tsushimajinja3 — Bariston · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tsushimajinja2 — Bariston · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tsushimajinja1 — Bariston · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Tsushima Shrine (津島神社, Tsushima Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the head shrine of a nationwide shrine network of shrines dedicated to the Tsushima Cult (津島信仰, Tsushima Shinkō). Centered primarily in the Tōkai region, this network has approximately 3,000 shrines and is the tenth largest network in the country. The main kami of this faith are Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王, lit. ox-headed heaven king), the god of pestilences, and Susanoo, two deities that have been conflated together. For this reason, like other shrines of the network, it is also called Tsushima Gozutennō-sha (津島牛頭天王社, lit. Tsushima Gozutennō Shrine). (See Gion cult for more information.)
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: Tsushima (Meitetsu Bisai Line), about 1.1 km 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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