Atayuta Shrine, Shinto shrine in Takayama, Japan

Atayuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. Its main hall (honden) is a late Muromachi-period building in the sangensha nagare-misedana-zukuri style, with a persimmon-shingle roof, designated an Important Cultural Property in 1961.

The shrine's founding date is unknown, but the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku records that it received the junior fifth rank, lower grade, in 867, showing it held high status early on. During the Edo period it was called Gongengu. Surveys in the Bunka era first identified it as the Engishiki shrine Arakijo Shrine, but re-examination confirmed it as Atayuta Shrine, and it was renamed accordingly. In 1952 the Gifu Prefecture Shrine Agency designated it a kinsen-sha.

The shrine was called Gongengu during the Edo period; a survey in the Bunka era first identified it as the Engishiki shrine Arakijo, and a later re-examination confirmed it as Atayuta, after which the name changed. Its deities include Ōtoshi-mioya and Ōmononushi, with Kazutsu-miko and others also enshrined.

The shrine stands in the former Kokufu area of Takayama, a 25-minute walk from Hida-Kokufu Station on the JR Takayama Main Line. The honden is a small three-bay structure with persimmon-bark shingles, so it is seen from outside rather than entered. Allow time to walk from the station.

The main shrine stands in an enclosed hall and is protected from environmental exposure, preserving its status as an important cultural property. This conservation approach allows the original materials and craftsmanship techniques to survive across generations.