Kanasana Shrine

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Kanasana Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Amaterasu Susanoo
Glossary of Shinto

Kanasana Shrine (Kanasana Jinja, 金鑚神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Kamikawa, Saitama.^[1][2][3] The shrine worships Amaterasu alongside Susanoo-no-Mikoto.

It is a mid-range ranked Imperial shrine (Kanpei-chūsha),^[3] and is a Ninomiya of Musashi Province, or a second rank shrine in the province after the Ichinomiya, and is commonly called "Ninomiya-sama".^[2] It is considered a prestigious shrines in the Saitama Prefecture.^[4] The shrine is believed to have been founded when Yamato Takeru hid the tools of fire in Mount Ōmuro.^[4] Every November 23 it hosts a firestone festival (火金鑚祭, Hikiri Shinji)^[2]