Kamagami-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Kamagami-jinja is a Shinto shrine in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, housed since 1964 in a concrete building shaped like a round kiln (marugama), an idea of then-mayor Akira Kato. Inside this structure stands a hinoki-wood sanctuary. Behind the shrine, to the north, lie clay and silica sand pits.

The shrine began in 1824 as a remote worship site (yōhaisho) established at the request of Katō Tamikichi, who brought porcelain-making to Seto; its kami was a hanging scroll of three deities painted by Sugawara Nagachika, which Tamikichi owned. In 1826 Tamikichi himself was enshrined as Marugama-shin and the shrine is thought to have been renamed Kamagami-jinja around then. Rebuilt in 1907 and 1922, the hall burned down on 20 May 1925 in an arson by a person connected to the Katō family; reconstruction had to wait until 1964 because the Seto ceramics industry was in recession.

The shrine takes its name from the kiln deity: in 1826 Katō Tamikichi, who brought porcelain-making to Seto, was enshrined here as Marugama-shin, and the place was renamed Kamagami-jinja. Its kami is honoured by potters of the Seto kilns. In the grounds stands a bronze statue of Tamikichi, cast in 1937 from a model by sculptor Katō Kensei.

The shrine stands in Seto, with clay and silica sand pits on the hill directly behind its north side. The hall is a concrete structure shaped like a round kiln, with a cypress shrine inside, so look for the kiln form rather than a thatched roof. The grounds are compact and walked on foot.

The shrine's concrete main hall, built in 1964, was designed to imitate a round kiln, on a proposal by then Seto mayor Kato Akira. A cypress shrine sits inside it. Behind the hall, to the north, lie clay and silica sand pits.