Ishiyama-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Ishiyama-jinja is a Shinto shrine in Sapporo's Minami ward, the only one there with a resident priest. Its current main hall (shaden) was completed in August 1927, and since 1969 the main deity Amaterasu Omikami has been worshipped in the honden, while other deities are honoured at stone steles bearing their names.

The shrine was founded in 1885, when stonemasons who had come to Hokkaido from outside the island to quarry Sapporo soft stone enshrined Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, a mountain deity, to pray for safety at work. In 1909 it was moved to its present site because children played near the original location and could defile the sacred ground. Deities worshipped in nearby areas, including Toyouke, Amaterasu, Kasuga and Hachiman, were later enshrined together here. The current hall was completed in August 1927, and in 1969 Amaterasu became the sole deity in the main hall, with the others honoured by stone steles.

The name Ishiyama refers to the area's Sapporo soft-stone quarries, where stonecutters who came from outside Hokkaido founded the shrine in 1885. Since 1969 the main deity has been Amaterasu Omikami alone, while the other enshrined kami are honoured at stone steles bearing their names. The shrine is the only one in Sapporo's Minami ward with a resident Shinto priest.

The shrine is reached from the Jotetsu bus stop Ishiyama Shogakko-mae, about a three-minute walk away. A parking lot holds roughly 50 cars. As the only shrine in Sapporo's Minami ward with a resident Shinto priest, it can be visited for formal ceremonies, not just casual prayer.

Ishiyama is the only neighbourhood in Minami-ku with a resident Shinto priest, and the shrine's origin lies in Sapporo soft stone: masons who came from outside Hokkaido to quarry it founded the shrine in 1885, praying to Oyamatsumi for safety at work.