Kusano-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Kusano-jinja is a Shinto shrine in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, listed as a prefectural shrine and the only Engishiki shrine in the former Shineha District. Its present site holds a temporary hall built in February 2012 after the 2011 tsunami swept away all shrine buildings. The shrine venerates Takaoikami, Kuraokami, Isotakeru, and the sisters Oyatsuhime and Tsumatsuhime.

According to shrine tradition, Kusano-jinja was founded under Emperor Keikō and its hall built in 715, during the reign of Empress Genshō. In the Heian period, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro prayed here for victory before subduing rebels in the nearby mountains and built a hall in thanks. In 1156 Shineha no Tayū Taira no Takayoshi, ruler of Shineha district, donated lands and buildings, and after 1492 the Sōma clan continued patronage. The 2011 tsunami washed away all shrine buildings and the shrine remains in a restricted zone.

Each year on the third Sunday of February the shrine holds the Anba-sai, whose Hama-oroshi shio-mizu rite links it to Osugi Jinja in Inashiki, Ibaraki, known as Anba-sama. The festival includes Urayasu no mai kagura, a rice-planting dance, a mikoshi procession, a barrel-mikoshi carried through rough seas and an offering of seawater. The shrine's deity was formerly called Kifune Myojin, and locals knew it as Keto Myojin after the place name.

The shrine is accessible for visitors at any time to pray or explore the grounds, and the area is straightforward to navigate. It is respectful to follow traditional etiquette such as washing your hands and mouth at the chōzuya basin before entering, bowing at the gate, and keeping noise low while in this sacred space.

The shrine is dedicated to Kuraokami, a dragon deity long associated with rain and water in Japanese mythology. This connection to water and weather makes the site particularly meaningful for a rural community that has relied for centuries on stable conditions for farming.