Kawarabuchi Shrine, Setsumatsusha shrine in Funae, Japan

Kawarabuchi Shrine is a smaller sanctuary in Funae featuring wooden structures and gabled roofs designed in the traditional Shinmei-zukuri style. The buildings sit on raised platforms, characteristic of this classical Japanese shrine form.

Kawarabuchi Shrine appears in the 804 Engi-era register Toyuke-gu Gishiki-cho and in the Engishiki as "Kawaharafuchi." Abandoned during the Sengoku period, it was revived in 1663 by chief priest Kawabe no Seicho at the Hizhiri site, then moved beside Funae Kamisha in December 1878 because of flood risk. The shrine was rebuilt in March 1910.

The shrine shares its grounds with Funae Kamisha, whose deity was fixed as Sawahime-no-Mikoto in 1913 to match Kawarabuchi Shrine. The precinct also holds a 700-year-old sacred camphor tree called Shōfuku Kusunoki and the Oboroga Pond, where a dragon deity is said to live and lotuses bloom in season.

The shrine stands in a residential district of Funae, about 250 m (a 3-minute walk) from the Asahi-dori bus stop; from Ise-shi Station take a Mie Kotsu bus. There is no parking nearby. By car, exit at Ise-nishi IC and follow the Miki-moto road north for about 4 km (8 minutes).

Unlike most of Ise Jingu's 16 setsumatsusha, Kawarabuchi Shrine has a saisen box; the shrine stands within the grounds of Funae Kamisha, a former village shrine whose 765-tsubo precinct it shares. The shrine was moved here in December 1878 from a riverside spot feared prone to flooding.