Fukashi Shrine, Shinto shrine in Fukashi, Matsumoto, Japan

Fukashi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Fukashi district of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. It enshrines Takeminakata-no-Mikoto (Suwa Myojin) and Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin). The shrine buildings face west, a orientation set in 1504 when it became the guardian shrine of Fukashi Castle (now Matsumoto Castle).

According to shrine tradition, Ogasawara Sadamune, shugo of Shinano, founded it in 1339 as Miyamura-no-miya, enshrining the Suwa deity Takeminakata in thanks for military victories. In 1402 Ogasawara Nagamoto invited the Kitano Tenmangu deity Sugawara no Michizane. When retainers built Fukashi Castle in 1504, the shrine became its tutelary deity and the hall was turned to face west; it declined under Takeda rule after 1533 and was repaired when the Ogasawara returned in 1582. It took its present name in 1841 and was ranked a prefectural shrine in 1928.

The shrine is known locally as Tenjin-sama due to its connection to the god of learning, shaping how people use the space today. Students regularly visit to pray for exam success and leave personal wooden plaques with their wishes on display boards.

Fukashi Shrine is about 15 minutes on foot from JR Matsumoto Station, or roughly 15 minutes by car from the Matsumoto Interchange on the Nagano Expressway. Alpico buses also stop at Shimin Geijutsukan, a short walk from the shrine. The grounds sit in the Fukashi district, south of Matsumoto Castle.

The shrine's name changed only in 1841, when it took its present form with permission from the Yoshida family of Kyoto, a family of Shinto scholars. Until then it was called Miyamura-gu. The shrine also keeps a stage for Matsumoto castle-town performances, made at the end of the Edo period and designated a municipal folk cultural property.