Ama Kazukime Shrine, Shinto shrine in Japan

Ama Kazukime Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kuzakichō, Toba, with a wooden shinmei-style honden and a wooden nagare-style haiden, both enclosed by a fence. The grounds cover 920 tsubo (about 3,041 m²) and hold two torii and two stone lanterns, plus a single-story shrine office. It enshrines Kazukime-no-Kami, the legendary ama diver Oben.

According to tradition, in 4 BCE Empress Jingu's envoy Yamatohime-no-mikoto visited Kuzaki seeking offerings for Ise Jingu and received abalone from the diver Oben, which were dried as noshi abalone and presented to the shrine. Kuzaki was then designated a shrine estate of Ise Jingu. The shrine was called Ama Gozen until 1869, when it was renamed Ama Kazukime Shrine; in 1906 and 1907 it absorbed 17 small shrines, and in 1908 a resident priest was appointed.

The shrine honours Oben, the legendary ama diver regarded as the ancestor of female divers, and is called Ama Kazukime Shrine after the diving goddess Kazukime no Kami. Local ama and divers from across Japan pray here for protection from dizziness and from tomokazuki, a condition attributed to spirits. The shrine was known as Ama Gozen until 1869.

The shrine is a 7-minute walk from the Kuzaki terminus of the Kamome bus from Toba Bus Center, which connects to JR, Kintetsu, and Shima lines at Toba Station. There is no parking nearby. The grounds cover 920 tsubo (about 3,041 m²) and include a worship hall, main hall, torii, and two stone lanterns.

Among the 17 shrines merged into Ama Kazukime Shrine is Tsuruginomiya, once at Cape Tsurugi. Legend says the monk Ajari Enjo raised the Kusanagi sword, one of the three imperial regalia lost with Emperor Antoku at the Battle of Dannoura, from the seabed and enshrined it here.