Tomidaishiki Asuka jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Tomidaishiki Asuka jinja is a Shinto shrine in Yokkaichi featuring a traditional nagare-zukuri style roof that gracefully extends over the main structure. The grounds remain clean and orderly, with stone lanterns marking the pathways and a simple wooden building whose weathered tiles display its long history.

Founded in 824, the shrine began when a fisherman netted a Thousand-Armed Kannon image, prompting the building of Kanjō-ji; villagers enshrined Takeminakata-no-Mikoto there as its guardian. In 1873 it became the village shrine of Tomida-Isshiki, and in 1907 the Home Ministry designated it a special offering shrine and merged Itsukushima Shrine into it.

The shrine's annual cycle includes the Kanko-sai fire-quelling rite on 15 August, when the Tomidaishiki kenka matsuri is held by the district's joint neighbourhood association, and the autumn festival on 13 October, known as the gani matsuri. In that autumn rite, crab caught in Ise Bay was once offered before the kami; the name is said to come from "kani matsuhara", later shortened to "kani matsuri".

The shrine stands on the Hirokoji-dori approach in the Tomidaishiki district. From JR Tomida Station it is an 11-minute walk east; from Kintetsu Kawagoe-Fusohara Station, 15 minutes southeast. The main festivals fall on 15 August and 13 October, so check those dates before planning a visit.

In the grounds stand two trees that have grown together partway up their trunks, known as En no Ki and sought for marital harmony, matchmaking and long life. The shrine also keeps a crab festival: on 13 October, caught crabs were once offered before the kami, and the name is said to come from "Kani Matsuhara", later shortened to "Kani Matsuri".