Tashima Shrine, Shinto shrine in Saga Prefecture, Japan

Tashima Shrine stands on a wooded hillside on Kabe Island, facing Kabe Island fishing port. A wide stone stairway climbs from the shore between two stone torii gates to a dark wooden worship hall with a pale blue-grey metal gable roof; smaller green-roofed buildings and a covered walkway stand behind it. The main hall is a three-bay nagare-zukuri structure, and the worship hall is irimoya-zukuri, rebuilt between 1898 and 1911.

The shrine's founding is unknown; one tradition dates it to the late Yayoi period. In 731 it enshrined Prince Wakatake, and in 738 the court sent Ōtomo no Komaro to convey the title Tajima Daimyōjin. The Engishiki of 927 lists it as the only Myōjin Taisha in Hizen Province, and in 1871 it was ranked a Kokuhei Chūsha.

The shrine's name comes from the title Tajima Daimyōjin, granted in 738 when the envoy Ōtomo no Komaro arrived. Its three main deities are called the Tajima Sanjin, with Tagorihime as the chief. The shrine crest is the cherry blossom, and the mukai-zakura version is used on the goshuin seal.

The shrine is easy to reach on foot from the island's small port, and it fits naturally into a short walk around Kabe Island. The ferry from Karatsu runs on a schedule that can vary by season, so it is worth checking departure times before heading to the dock.

The boulder called Taiko Kinen-ishi, behind the main hall, is split in two. According to the shrine's account, priests struck it with a spear in 1592, praying for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's victory in Korea and that the rock would crack if Korea submitted; after 17 days it had not, and Hideyoshi himself split it with a spear.