Nagata Shrine, Shinto shrine in Japan

Nagata Shrine stands in Nagata-ku, Kobe, and enshrines Kotoshironushi-no-Okami, with Amaterasu and Emperor Ōjin also worshipped inside the main hall's fence. Its grounds hold the honden, a worship hall and an assembly hall that served as an evacuation shelter after the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake. Pigeons are released in the precinct; until the early 20th century several hundred chickens were kept there, and the shrine was known to foreigners as the "Chicken Temple".

According to the Nihon Shoki, Empress Jingū founded the shrine at the start of the 3rd century, after a kami at Muko no Minato told her to enshrine it in Nagata; the shrine marked 1,800 years in 2001. It appears in the Engishiki as a myōjin taisha, and the Kobe place name derives from the 41 kannushi households (kanbe) that maintained it. From 1871 to 1946 it was a kanpei-chūsha, and it was restored in 2000 after the 1995 earthquake.

The name Kobe derives from the kannushi households (kanbe) that once served this shrine. Until the end of the Meiji era, the Ōnaka family held the priesthood for 55 generations, about 1,000 years. Pigeons are released in the grounds today; hundreds of chickens were once kept here, so worshippers still dedicate chickens or chicken ema, and parishioners formerly ate neither chicken nor eggs.

The shrine is easily accessed on foot and welcomes visitors to explore its open spaces and observe or participate in rituals. Well-maintained pathways guide you through the grounds, allowing time for reflection and taking in the surroundings.

Until the end of the Meiji era, the Ōnaka family served as hereditary priests for 55 generations, roughly 1,000 years. The shrine once kept hundreds of chickens in its grounds, so foreigners called it the "Chicken Temple"; worshippers still donate chickens or chicken ema plaques, and parishioners formerly ate neither chicken nor eggs.