Wakasa Shrine, Shinto shrine in Japan

Wakasa Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, founded in the early Heian period by the Yabe clan. Its precincts contain a main hall (honden), a worship hall (haiden), a shrine office, a kagura hall, and a shrine gate (shinmon). The grounds are covered by a forest of Japanese cypress and fir, with a core of live oaks (shirakashi), designated a Natural Monument by Tottori Prefecture.

The shrine was founded in the early Heian period, making it over a thousand years old, and was built by the Yabe clan who also constructed the nearby Wakasa Oniga Castle. During the Edo period, the Ikeda clan protected it, ensuring the site remained an important shrine for the local community.

The shrine's May festival, held on 2 and 3 May, includes a procession carrying the portable shrine; the mikoshi procession is held every other year. Each household makes baked rice cakes (yakimochi) and gives them to relatives and acquaintances. The shrine was first called Matsugami Daimyojin.

Wakasa Shrine is a 15-minute walk from Wakasa Station on the Wakasa Railway. The main festival runs over two days: the eve on 2 May and the main day on 3 May, when a portable shrine procession crosses the town; the mikoshi procession is held every other year. The shrine forest of live oaks, cypress and fir is a Tottori Prefecture Natural Monument.

The shrine's forest is a Tottori Prefecture Natural Monument, centred on shirakashi oaks rather than the cypress and fir also growing there. The grounds hold a honden, haiden, shinmon gate and kagura hall. In the main May festival, each household makes grilled mochi cakes and distributes them to relatives and acquaintances.