Mouke-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Mouke-jinja is a Shinto shrine in the Kawachi district of Shikano, Tottori, dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami. It holds the former rank of village shrine (sonsha). The shrine stands along Prefectural Route 21, and the nearest bus stop, Kegoya, is a 15-minute walk away.

Mouke-jinja was originally the ujigami, or clan deity shrine, of the local settlement in Kano-cho Kawachi. In 1872 (Meiji 5) it was ranked as a sonsha, a village shrine. In 1920 (Taisho 9) villagers pooled their efforts to improve its facilities, and it was designated a shrine entitled to receive offerings of sacred food and cloth.

The shrine's name, Mouke, sounds like the Japanese word for profit, mouke, so it is worshipped as a deity of business prosperity. Its kami is Amaterasu Omikami, and it once served simply as the tutelary shrine of the local hamlet in Kano, Tottori.

Mouke-jinja sits in the Kawachi district of Shikano, Tottori, along Prefectural Route 21. The only public transport is the Tottori city Keta circulation bus to Kawachi, which runs on weekdays only; get off at Kegoya and walk about 15 minutes. By car it is roughly 1 hour 40 minutes from the Sayo interchange on the Chugoku Expressway.

The shrine's name, Mouke, sounds like the Japanese word for profit, mouke, so it is worshipped as a deity of business prosperity. The enshrined kami is Amaterasu Omikami, and the shrine was listed as a village shrine in 1872, during the Meiji era.