Sōja shrine
A Sōja (総社) is a kind of Shinto shrine where the kami of an area are all worshipped. The area can be as small as a manor or as large as a province. Some soja shrines are also ichinomiya.[1]`
When a new provincial governor was appointed he needed to visit all the kami of the province. Having all the kami at one soja shrine helped make this easier.[2]
Provincial Soja Shrines
| Region | Province | Shrine | Location | Shrine ranking | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engishiki Jinmyocho | Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines | Beppyo? | ||||
| Kinai | Yamashiro | unknown | ||||
| Yamato | unknown | Takatori, Nara | ||||
| Kawachi | Shikiagatanushi Shrine | Fujiidera, Osaka | Shikinai Taisha | Son-sha | ||
| Izumi | Izumi Inoue Shrine | Izumi, Osaka | Fuken-sha | |||
| Settsu | Nanba Shrine[a] | Fuken-sha | ||||
| Tōkaidō | Iga Province | unknown | ||||
| Ise | Inatomi Shrine | Suzuka, Mie | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | ||
| Miyake Shrine | Suzuka, Mie | Shikinai Shosha | Son-sha | |||
| Shima | Kokufu Shrine | Shima, Mie | Son-sha | |||
| Owari | Owari Ōkunitama Shrine | Inazawa, Aichi | Shikinai Shosha | Kokuhei Shōsha | Yes | |
| Mikawa | Mikawa Sōja | Toyokawa, Aichi | Ken-sha | |||
| Tōtōmi | Ōmikunitama Shrine | Iwata, Shizuoka | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | ||
| Suruga | Shizuoka Sengen Shrine (Kambe Junja) | Shizuoka, Shizuoka | Shikinai Shosha | Kokuhei Shōsha | Yes | |
| Izu | Mishima Taisha[b] | Mishima, Shizuoka | Kanpei Taisha | |||
| Kai | Kaina Shrine 1st location | Fuefuki, Yamanashi | Shikinai Shosha | Son-sha | ||
| Kaina Shrine 2nd location | Fuefuki, Yamanashi | Shikinai Shosha | Son-sha | |||
| Miyamae-cho Hachimangu (3rd location) | Kōfu, Yamanashi | Ken-sha | ||||
| Sagami | Rokusho Shrine | Ōiso, Kanagawa | Gō-sha | |||
| Musashi | Ōkunitama Shrine | Fuchū, Tokyo | kanpei-shōsha | Yes | ||
| Awa | Rokusho Shrine | Tateyama, Chiba | Unknown | |||
| Tsuruya Hachiman Shrine (2nd location) | Tateyama, Chiba | Ken-sha | ||||
| Kazusa | Togakushi Shrine | Ichihara, Chiba | Son-sha | |||
| Iigaoka Hachimangu (2nd location) | Ichihara, Chiba | Ken-sha | ||||
| Shimōsa | Rokusho Shrine | Ichikawa, Chiba | Son-sha | |||
| Hitachi | Hitachi-no-Kuni Sōshagū | Ishioka, Ibaraki | Ken-sha | |||
| Tōsandō | Ōmi | unknown | ||||
| Mino | Nangū Otabi Shrine | Tarui, Gifu | Setsumatsusha | |||
| Hida | Hida Sōja | Takayama, Gifu | Ken-sha | |||
| Shinano | Shinano Omiya Shrine | Ueda, Nagano | Ken-sha | |||
| Iwa Shrine (2nd location) | Matsumoto, Nagano | Son-sha | ||||
| Kōzuke | Sōja Shrine | Maebashi, Gunma | Ken-sha | |||
| Shimotsuke | Ōmiwa Shrine (Shimotsuke) | Tochigi, Tochigi | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | ||
| Mutsu | Mutsu Sōsha-no-miya | Tagajō, Miyagi | Son-sha | |||
| Dewa | Rokusho Shrine | Tsuruoka, Yamagata | Gō-sha | |||
| Hokurikudō | Wakasa | Sō Shrine | Obama, Fukui | Son-sha | ||
| Echizen | Sōja Daijingū | Echizen, Fukui | Ken-sha | |||
| Kaga | Isobe Shrine | Komatsu, Ishikawa | Shikinai Shosha | Gō-sha | ||
| Noto | Sōsha | Nanao, Ishikawa | Son-sha | |||
| Etchū | Keta Shrine[c] | Fuken-sha | ||||
| Echigo | Fuchū Hachiman-gū | Jōetsu, Niigata | Unknown | |||
| Sado | Sōsha Shrine | Sado, Niigata | Unknown | |||
| San'indō | Tamba | Sō Shrine | Nantan, Kyoto | Unknown | ||
| Tango | Kono Shrine[d] | Kokuhei Chūsha | ||||
| Tajima | Keta Shrine | Toyooka, Hyōgo | Shikinai Shosha | Gō-sha | ||
| Inaba | unknown | |||||
| Hōki | Kokuchōri Shrine (Sōja-daimyōjin) | Kurayoshi, Tottori | Shikigeisha | Ken-sha | ||
| Izumo | Rokusho Shrine | Matsue, Shimane | Ken-sha | |||
| Iwami | Ikan Shrine | Hamada, Shimane | Shikinai Shosha | Son-sha | ||
| Oki | Tamawakasumikoto Shrine (Sōja-daimyōjin) | Okinoshima, Shimane | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | ||
| Ariki Shrine | Okinoshima, Shimane | Son-sha | ||||
| San'yōdō | Harima | Itatehyōzu Shrine | Himeji, Hyōgo | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | Yes |
| Mimasaka | Mimasaka Sōja-gū | Tsuyama, Okayama | Ken-sha | |||
| Bizen | Bizen-no-Kuni Sōjagū | Okayama, Okayama | Gō-sha | |||
| Bitchū | Bitchū-no-kuni Sōja-gū | Sōja, Okayama | Ken-sha | |||
| Bingo | Ono Shrine | Fuchū, Hiroshima | Unknown | |||
| Aki | unknown | |||||
| Take Shrine | Fuchū, Hiroshima | Myojin Taisha | Ken-sha | |||
| Suō | Saba Shrine | Hōfu, Yamaguchi | Ken-sha | |||
| Nagato | Sōsha-gū (subshrine of Iminomiya Shrine) | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | Setsumatsusha | |||
| Wakamiya Shrine | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | Unknown | ||||
| Nankaidō | Kii | Fumori Shrine | Wakayama, Wakayama | Son-sha | ||
| Awaji | Jūichimyōjin Shrine | Minamiawaji, Hyōgo | Son-sha | |||
| Awa | Hachiman Sōsha Ryo Shrine | Tokushima, Tokushima | Son-sha | |||
| Omiwa Shrine | Tokushima, Tokushima | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | |||
| Sanuki | Sōja Shrine | Sakaide, Kagawa | Gō-sha | |||
| Iyo | Ikanashi Shrine | Imabari, Ehime | Shikinai Shosha | Son-sha | ||
| Tosa | Tosa Kokubun-ji | Nankoku, Kōchi | Gō-sha | |||
| Saikaidō | Chikuzen | unknown | ||||
| Chikugo | Kōra taisha | Kurume, Fukuoka | Kokuhei Taisha | |||
| Buzen | Sōsha Hachiman-gū | Miyako, Fukuoka | Gō-sha | |||
| Bungo | unknown | |||||
| Hizen | unknown | |||||
| Higo | Kitaoka Shrine | Kumamoto, Kumamoto | Fuken-sha | |||
| Hyūga | Tsuma Shrine | Saito, Miyazaki | Shikinai Shosha | Ken-sha | ||
| Ōsumi | Haraido Shrine | Kirishima, Kagoshima | Son-sha | |||
| Satsuma | Shukō Shrine subshrine of Nitta Shrine | Satsumasendai, Kagoshima | Setsumatsusha | |||
| Iki | Kō Shrine | Iki, Nagasaki | Son-sha | |||
| Tsushima | unknown | |||||
| Hokkaido | Hakodate Hachimangū | Kokuhei Chūsha | ||||
Regional Soja Shrines
These are notable smaller Soja shrines for regions smaller than provinces
- Akasaka Uenoyama Shrine
- Unakoro Waki Shrine
- Ono Shrine (Ritto City)
- Ogami Shrine (Tonami City)
- Kainan Shrine
- Katsushika Shrine
- Katsube Shrine
- Mukuhashi Shrine
- Kotai Jingu (Fujisawa City)
- Gosho Shrine (Sammu City)
- Sakata Shinmei Shrine
- Shinkai Sansha Shrine
- Sazama Shrine (Daito City)
- Kenda Suga Shrine
- Tachibana Shrine (Kawasaki City)
- Torakashi Shrine
- Nagao Shrine
- Nanba Shrine (may have historically been a provincal one)
- Arayaza Amaterasu Mitama Shrine
- Nogi Shrine
- Hotaka Shrine
- Washinomiya Shrine