Kotai-jinja, Shinto shrine in Takarazuka, Japan

Kotai-jinja is a Shinto shrine in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, also called Kawamo Kotai-jinja to distinguish it from other shrines of the same name. Its wooden worship hall, rebuilt after the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, has an irimoya roof with slopes on four sides and a gabled top. The grounds contain subsidiary shrines to Myojo Daimyojin, Tada Jinja, Kada Jinja, Atago Jinja, Oyama Tsunomiya, Kumano Jinja, Sumiyoshi Jinja and Tenman Jinja.

The shrine began in the late 10th century, when Nakamura Kanso, a retainer of Minamoto no Mitsunaka, is said to have enshrined Hachiman and founded Akashiro Daimyojin. It was moved to its present site in 1715. In 1868, under the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, it was renamed Kotai-jinja and Akashiro Daimyojin became a subordinate shrine.

The shrine is dedicated to two deities: the sun goddess Amaterasu-sumeōkami and the heaven god Amenokoyaneno-mikoto. Visitors come here to pray for good fortune, health, and success, a practice that has continued for generations.

The shrine stands at 4-7-6 Kawazura, Takarazuka, an 8-minute walk from Takarazuka Station on the JR Takarazuka and Hankyu Takarazuka lines, or 9 minutes from Kiyoshikojin Station on the Hankyu line. The grounds and hall are open to visitors without charge.

A very large muku tree grows on the shrine grounds and is protected by the city. This special tree has been carefully maintained for many years and serves as a distinctive marker of the place that visitors often overlook.