Tada Shrine, Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Tada Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Tadadokoro neighborhood of Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture. Its honden and haiden, rebuilt in 1667 under Tokugawa Ietsuna, are Important Cultural Properties with cypress-bark roofs; the haiden has a seven-bay front. The raised wooden worship hall has deep eaves, exposed rafters with metal-capped ends, and broad steps at the front left and right.

Minamoto no Mitsunaka founded a Tendai temple here in 970 after a Sumiyoshi oracle; he was buried on the site in 997. Ninsho of Saidai-ji rebuilt it in 1273, shifting it to the Shingon Risshu sect, and the Ashikaga shoguns later placed their ashes here. Oda forces burned it in 1577; Tokugawa Ietsuna granted 500 koku and rebuilt the halls by 1667, and the Meiji separation of Shinto and Buddhism turned it into a shrine.

Each April the Genji Matsuri fills the shrine with a warrior procession: figures from Minamoto no Mitsunaka to Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoritomo's line, plus Minamoto no Yoritomo's relatives, appear on horseback. Women chosen by public application play Tomoe Gozen and Shizuka Gozen. Unlike other Genji events, almost every Seiwa Genji warrior is represented, including Tada Yukitsuna, whom the Tale of the Heike criticizes.

The shrine is a 15-minute walk west from Tada Station on the Nose Electric Railway Myoken Line, or 2 minutes north from the Tada Jinja-mae bus stop, served from Kawanishi Bus Terminal and JR Kawanishi-Ikeda. Grounds are open from 6:00 to 17:00. The treasury is closed at present, so the Kiyomaro sword cannot be viewed.

The shrine's grounds are a nationally designated Historic Site under the name Tada-in, covering about 50,000 square metres. Within them stands the Onikubi-arai Pond, where Minamoto no Yorimitsu is said to have washed the severed head of the demon Shuten-doji. The treasury keeps the sword Onikiri-maru, a blade linked to the Genji.