Kirishimamine Shrine, Shinto shrine in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

Kirishimamine Shrine is a single-storey wooden Shinto shrine in Kobayashi, Miyazaki Prefecture. Its broad roof of ridged brown metal sweeps down toward the front in the nagare-zukuri manner, with the main ridge raised behind. Dark wooden lattice panels and solid doors flank the entrance, where a sacred straw rope with white paper streamers hangs; a low veranda rail runs across the front, and three shallow steps lead up from a stone platform.

The shrine's origin is unknown, though tradition places it in the mid-6th century. It was first recorded in 837, when the deity Kirishimamine-no-Kami received court rank. It stood between Takachiho-no-mine and Hi-Tokamine until the 1234 eruption of Hi-Tokamine burned the hall and dried up the Ten-no-i spring, forcing a move to Shin-Setoo. After the 1716 Shinmoedake eruption, it was rebuilt on the slope of Mount Hinamori in 1729, then moved to the former Hinamori Shrine site in 1873.

The shrine's name appears in the Shoku Nihon Kōki for 837, when Kirishimamine no Kami was granted official shrine status and the junior fifth rank, upper grade. In the Heian period it was honoured as the central shrine of the six Kirishima shrines, and the Shimazu, Itō and Kitahara families who ruled this land venerated it; Shimazu Yoshihiro donated 100 bales of rice yearly as shrine land.

The site is about 20 minutes by car from the nearest train station and has a large parking lot. From there, a path through green vegetation leads to the main buildings, which are easily accessible on foot.

The shrine's deity was granted the rank of Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade in 837, as recorded in the Shoku Nihon Kōki, and promoted to Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade in 858 in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku. The shrine also holds a set of six sacred images designated as tangible cultural property by Kobayashi city.