Nagahama-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Nagahama-jinja stands on Mount Myōken, a hill near the sand dunes of the Shimane Peninsula's western base in Nishizono-chō, Izumo. Its grounds hold subsidiary shrines to Sakashita-Arashiyama, Inari, Tenjin, Kasuga and Akiba, plus the Kaname-ishi and Meoto-ishi stones, a Miwa torii and the Yumikake-no-matsu pine. The main deity is Yatsukamizu-omitsunu-no-mikoto, with Futemimi and Ominetsu as attendant gods.

Identified with the "Izumo-sha" recorded in the Izumo district section of the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki and with the "Izumo-jinja" of the Engishiki register, the shrine stood in Kando district and was called Myoken-sha or Sonomura Myoken-jinja in medieval and early modern times. Its hall burned in 1675 and was rebuilt on the order of Matsudaira Tsunachika, lord of Matsue. It took its present name in 1872.

The shrine's name changed from Myōken-sha, as it was called from medieval to early modern times, to Nagahama-jinja in 1872. Its main deity, Yatsukamizuomitsuno, is the protagonist of the Kunibiki myth, and the shrine is revered as a god of sports and victory. Each year in early-to-mid October, a jumbo tug-of-war tied to the Kunibiki myth is held on a Sunday.

The shrine stands on Myōken-yama near the western base of the Shimane Peninsula, close to the dune belt identified with the "Sono no Nagahama" of the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki. The main festival is held on 13 October, and the jumbo tug-of-war tied to the Kunibiki myth takes place on a Sunday in early to mid-October. Look for the Yumikake-no-Matsu pine and the Kaname-ishi and Meoto-ishi stones in the grounds.

On the shrine grounds stands a "yumikake no matsu" (bow-hanging pine), a tree tied to archery and to the shrine's reputation as a patron of sports and victory. The grounds also hold a kaname-ishi and a meoto-ishi, paired stones that visitors seek out among the subsidiary shrines.