Sada Shrine, Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Sada Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Matsue whose three Taisha-zukuri halls—central, north and south—stand side by side, an arrangement called sanden heiritsu. Rebuilt in 1807, they are Important Cultural Properties. The dark-wood buildings with steep gabled roofs and crossed finials rest on a low stone foundation above a retaining wall of rough grey boulders, with a wooded hillside behind.

According to the Sada Ōtasha no Ki, the shrine was founded in 134 (the 54th year of Emperor Suinin) and rebuilt in 717. The Engishiki records it as Sada Ōtasha, and in 1256 its estates of 280 chō were comparable to those of Izumo Taisha. The three Taisha-zukuri halls date from 1807 and are Important Cultural Properties.

Sada Shin Noh, performed on 24 and 25 September, was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2011. On the eve of the 25 September Goza-gawari festival, priests replace the mats at 23 places in the halls, and the Nanaza Shinji rite purifies them. The shrine's crests differ by hall: a folding fan on the central hall, a linked-ring motif on the north hall and double tortoiseshell on the south hall.

Sada Shrine is reached by taking the Ichibata Bus bound for Etsumo from stop 6 at JR Matsue Station; the ride takes about 28 minutes and alights at the Sada Jinja-mae stop. The three Taisha-zukuri halls stand side by side above a retaining wall of stacked grey boulders, with the wooded hillside rising directly behind them. The main rites fall on 24 and 25 September, when the Goza-tori Shinji and Sada Shin Noh are held.