Hikami Anego Shrine, Setsumatsusha shrine in Ōdaka-chō, Japan

Hikami Anego Shrine stands on a hill called Hikamiyama in Ōdaka-chō. Its honden, rebuilt in 1986, was moved here in 1893 from the Yatsurugi Shrine, a subsidiary of Atsuta Shrine. Within the grounds are subsidiary shrines including Motomiya, dedicated to Miyasuhime-no-Mikoto, and a shrine to Amaterasu.

Listed in the 927 Engishiki register as "Hikami Anego Shrine" of Aichi District, Owari Province, the shrine traces its founding to a shrine built where Miyazu-hime was buried; tradition says it was moved to its present hill in 690. The honden burned in 1888, and in 1893 the Yatsurugi Shrine hall of Atsuta was moved here. It became an Atsuta sessha again in 1880.

The shrine's kagura is called Daidai Kagura, performed on the last Sunday of March; it is said to have been offered at Atsuta Shrine and to have begun in the mid-Edo period. On 6 May, the day after Atsuta's portable shrine procession, an officiant is sent from Atsuta to worship here. The October festival, Ōdaka Matsuri, with flower carts from each district, was registered in 2024 as Nagoya's first intangible folk cultural property.

The shrine is accessible by public transportation with several bus and train options connecting from central Nagoya to the Ōdaka-chō district. Using a local transit map or app will help you find the most convenient route to reach it.

The shrine's name appears in the 927 Engishiki register as "Hikami Anego Shrine" in Aichi District, and the shrine tradition says the place name was once Hodaka-Hikami, changed to avoid the character for fire. The Engishiki spelling uses "fire" (火), while phonetic evidence suggests "ice" (氷) was original.