Yabu-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Yabu-jinja is a Shinto shrine in the town of Yabu featuring a traditional irimoya-style roof that combines gable and hip-roof forms. The wooden structure is supported by strong pillars and carries layered roof tiles, while gently upturned eaves shed rainwater effectively.

Tradition dates the shrine's founding to the 30th year of Emperor Sujin, and it appears in the 737 Tadokuni tax register alongside Izushi and Awaga shrines. It received court rank from 845 (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) to 874 (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade), and the Engishiki lists it as Yabu ni masu Jinja with five deities. In 1814 the surveyor Inō Tadataka visited to take measurements.

Known as "Yabu no Myōjin", the shrine is venerated as a deity of agriculture. Its spring and autumn festivals are held on 25 February and 10 October, and the Hashiri Matsuri on the Saturday and Sunday of the third week of April is a Yabu City designated intangible folk cultural property. Yabu Market, the shrine's district, was long the centre of the Tajima cattle market, and auctions of Tajima beef are still held nearby in Ōyabu.

Yabu-jinja is about 2 km on foot from JR Yabu Station on the San'in Main Line, or a short walk from the Yabu Myojin bus stop served by Zenbutan buses from Yabu and Yako stations. By road it is roughly 15 minutes from the Wadayama interchange and about 5 minutes from the Michi-no-eki Yabu roadside station. The spring festival falls on 25 February and the autumn festival on 10 October.

In 1814 the surveyor Inō Tadataka visited the shrine during his mapping of Japan; the grounds also hold a stone hōkyōintō pagoda designated a Yabu city cultural property in 1977. The shrine's five buildings, including the late-Edo main hall and worship hall, were registered as tangible cultural properties of Hyōgo Prefecture in 2010.