Kanamura Wake Ikazuchi Shrine, Shinto shrine in Kamigō, Tsukuba, Japan

Kanamura Wake Ikazuchi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kamigō, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, dedicated to the thunder deity Kanamura-wake-ikazuchi-no-kami. Its entrance is marked by a large light-grey stone torii with two cylindrical pillars on a stone base, a curved top lintel and a straight lower lintel. A thick twisted rope with white zigzag paper streamers hangs across the lower lintel, and two inscribed stone pillars flank the gate, the left one reading "金村別雷神社". The shrine's main hall (honden) is built in the nagare-zukuri style with a cypress-bark roof.

Toyoda Masamoto, first lord of the Toyoda clan, founded the shrine in 931 by transferring a deity from Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine in Kyoto. A legend tells that during the Former Nine Years' War a golden dragon flew from an imperial banner and formed a bridge over the Abukuma River for his troops, and the banner became the shrine's sacred object. By 1670 the shrine had moved to its present site, and in 1714 the main hall was built.

Locals call the shrine "Raijin-sama" and "Kanamura-sama". Its main festival, the Spring Grand Festival or "Orai-machi", moved in 1993 from the 15th day of the third lunar month to the third Saturday and Sunday of April, when dragon dances and a red-and-white mochi-throwing rite are held. Until the 1960s a shrine-approach town with inns and souvenir shops lined the road.

The shrine is easiest to reach by car, with a small parking area nearby and a short walk to the main gate. Visiting around New Year or during the November autumn festival gives you the best chance of seeing the space used as it was meant to be, with people gathered and rituals taking place.

The shrine's main hall, built in 1714 and roofed with thin wood shingles, is a designated Ibaraki Prefecture cultural property, as is the copper-plated shelter erected over it in 1831. Its nagare-zukuri style, with a front gable projecting over the entrance, is heavily carved.