Urausu-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Urausu-jinja is a Shinto shrine in Urausu, Hokkaido, founded in 1898 when settler Tomonari Shijutaro donated 9.9 hectares of land. The current hall is the second one, moved in 1972 from the Sumitomo Honbetsu Shrine in Mikasa and reinforced with three log pillars to bear snow. The grounds are a colony of dogtooth violets and Asian fawn lilies.

Tomonari Shijutaro, a settler in Urausu, donated 9.9 hectares of land and a shrine building; the shrine was completed in 1910 under the name Tsurunuma Jinja and was without rank. In 1917 the main hall and offering hall were rebuilt and it was elevated to village shrine status. In 1968 it was renamed Urausu Jinja, and in 1972 the second-generation hall was moved here from Ikushumbetsu Sumitomo Honbetsu Jinja in Mikasa, with three log pillars added to bear snow load.

The shrine's name was originally Tsurunuma Jinja, after the nearby Tsurunuma marsh, and was changed to Urausu Jinja in 1968. It enshrines Hondawake no Mikoto and Okuninushi no Kami. Around Golden Week, the grounds fill with blooming dogtooth violets and Asian fawn lilies, and photographers come from across Japan to capture Ezo squirrels running among the flowers.

The shrine has no car park of its own; visitors use the lot at Michi-no-Eki Tsurunuma, about five minutes on foot along National Route 275. The nearest station, Tsurunuma on the JR Sassho Line, closed on 7 May 2020, so rail travellers now take the Urausu town bus from Naie Station on the Hakodate Main Line and get off at Tsurunuma Park.

The shrine grounds are a habitat for katakuri dogtooth violets and Ezо̄ engosaku fumewort; around Golden Week both come into bloom. Eastern chipmunks and Hokkaido squirrels run through the flower beds, drawing photographers from across Japan. The shrine has no parking lot, so visitors use that of the roadside station Tsurunuma, a five-minute walk away.