Inaba Shrine, Shinto shrine in Japan

Inaba Shrine is a Shinto shrine at the base of Mount Kinka in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture. It enshrines Inishiki-Irihiko-no-mikoto as its main deity, along with Nunoshihime-no-mikoto, Hihasu-hime-no-mikoto, Hikotatsu-hiko-no-mikoto and Mononobe-no-Tochine-no-mikoto. The present buildings were constructed between 1929 and 1940 to a design by Kenzō Nihonmatsu, after the previous hall burned in the 1891 Nōbi earthquake. The grounds include a main hall, a worship hall, a tower gate, a sacred bridge and several subsidiary shrines.

According to shrine tradition, the shrine was first built in the year 85, when Takeuchi no Sukune enshrined Inishiki-Irihiko-no-mikoto at Tsubakihara on Maruyama, north of Mount Kinka. In 1539 Saitō Dōsan moved it to its present site while building Inaba Castle, merging in the Mononobe Shrine and making it the castle's guardian. Its halls burned in the 1891 Nōbi earthquake; the main hall was rebuilt the next year, and the present buildings were erected between 1929 and 1940 to designs by Nihonmatsu TAKEO.

The shrine's name was originally written 稲葉神社, pronounced the same. It is the main shrine of the Gifu Festival, held on April 5 together with Kogane Shrine, which enshrines the god's wife Nunoshihime-no-mikoto, and Kashimori Shrine, which enshrines his son Ichihaya-no-mikoto. The three shrines maintain close ties.

The shrine is generally open during daylight hours and can be reached on foot from central Gifu. It is good practice to wash your hands at the stone basin near the entrance before approaching the main hall, as is customary at Shinto shrines.

The shrine's name was once written 稲葉神社, with the same pronunciation; the current characters 伊奈波 appear in the Edo-period Engishiki-style records. The grounds also hold a tea house, Suigetsu-tei, and the Gifu Tōshō-gū, rebuilt in June 2021. A stone komainu lion-dog here is a prefectural Important Cultural Property.