Shiogama Shrine, Shinto shrine in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Shiogama Jinja is a Shinto shrine on the ridge of Mount Ichiimori in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, about 50 meters above the port of Shiogama. Its main sanctuary, the Betsugu, enshrines Shiotsuchi-no-Oji, with the Left and Right Sanctuaries dedicated to Take-Mikazuchi and Futsunushi. The 1704 buildings include cypress-bark roofs and vermilion-painted worship halls, and the grounds also hold Shiwa Hiko Shrine, moved here in the Meiji era.

Documents from 820 mention this place as the main shrine of Mutsu Province with tax exemptions. The remaining buildings date from the Edo period and were recognized as important cultural properties.

The name of this place comes from salt making, and the deities honored here relate to that old coastal practice. Visitors today see traces of this maritime tradition in the shrine buildings and the rituals still performed.

The shrine stands on a ridge about 50 meters above sea level, reached by a stone stairway lined with wooden fences. It is a 10-minute walk from Hon-Shiogama Station on the Senseki Line or 15 minutes from Shiogama Station on the Tohoku Main Line. Free parking for 300 cars is available, and the grounds are open from 5:00 to 20:00.

Fourteen shrine buildings and one torii gate are designated Important Cultural Properties. The gate is a granite myōjin torii erected in 1663, while the halls were completed in 1704 under the carpenter Matsubara Sukenobe Shigenari. The shrine holds a shikinen sengū, rebuilding its halls every twenty years.