Sōja shrine

A Sōja (総社) is a kind of Shinto shrine where the kami of an area are all worshipped. The area can be as small as a manor or as large as a province. Some soja shrines are also ichinomiya.`

Sōja-gū the Soja shrine where the 304 kami of Bitchu Province are all worshipped

When a new provincial governor was appointed he needed to visit all the kami of the province. Having all the kami at one soja shrine helped make this easier.

Provincial Soja Shrines

Region	Province	Shrine	Location	Shrine ranking
				Engishiki Jinmyocho	Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines	Beppyo?
Kinai	Yamashiro	unknown
	Yamato	unknown	Takatori, Nara
	Kawachi	Shikiagatanushi Shrine	Fujiidera, Osaka	Shikinai Taisha	Son-sha
	Izumi	Izumi Inoue Shrine	Izumi, Osaka		Fuken-sha
	Settsu	Nanba Shrine			Fuken-sha
Tōkaidō	Iga Province	unknown
	Ise	Inatomi Shrine	Suzuka, Mie	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha
		Miyake Shrine	Suzuka, Mie	Shikinai Shosha	Son-sha
	Shima	Kokufu Shrine	Shima, Mie		Son-sha
	Owari	Owari Ōkunitama Shrine	Inazawa, Aichi	Shikinai Shosha	Kokuhei Shōsha	Yes
	Mikawa	Mikawa Sōja	Toyokawa, Aichi		Ken-sha
	Tōtōmi	Ōmikunitama Shrine	Iwata, Shizuoka	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha
	Suruga	Shizuoka Sengen Shrine (Kambe Junja)	Shizuoka, Shizuoka	Shikinai Shosha	Kokuhei Shōsha	Yes
	Izu	Mishima Taisha	Mishima, Shizuoka		Kanpei Taisha
	Kai	Kaina Shrine 1st location	Fuefuki, Yamanashi	Shikinai Shosha	Son-sha
		Kaina Shrine 2nd location	Fuefuki, Yamanashi	Shikinai Shosha	Son-sha
		Miyamae-cho Hachimangu (3rd location)	Kōfu, Yamanashi		Ken-sha
	Sagami	Rokusho Shrine	Ōiso, Kanagawa		Gō-sha
	Musashi	Ōkunitama Shrine	Fuchū, Tokyo		kanpei-shōsha	Yes
	Awa	Rokusho Shrine	Tateyama, Chiba		Unknown
		Tsuruya Hachiman Shrine (2nd location)	Tateyama, Chiba		Ken-sha
	Kazusa	Togakushi Shrine	Ichihara, Chiba		Son-sha
		Iigaoka Hachimangu (2nd location)	Ichihara, Chiba		Ken-sha
	Shimōsa	Rokusho Shrine	Ichikawa, Chiba		Son-sha
	Hitachi	Hitachi-no-Kuni Sōshagū	Ishioka, Ibaraki		Ken-sha
Tōsandō	Ōmi	unknown
	Mino	Nangū Otabi Shrine	Tarui, Gifu		Setsumatsusha
	Hida	Hida Sōja	Takayama, Gifu		Ken-sha
	Shinano	Shinano Omiya Shrine	Ueda, Nagano		Ken-sha
		Iwa Shrine (2nd location)	Matsumoto, Nagano		Son-sha
	Kōzuke	Sōja Shrine	Maebashi, Gunma		Ken-sha
	Shimotsuke	Ōmiwa Shrine (Shimotsuke)	Tochigi, Tochigi	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha
	Mutsu	Mutsu Sōsha-no-miya	Tagajō, Miyagi		Son-sha
	Dewa	Rokusho Shrine	Tsuruoka, Yamagata		Gō-sha
Hokurikudō	Wakasa	Sō Shrine	Obama, Fukui		Son-sha
	Echizen	Sōja Daijingū	Echizen, Fukui		Ken-sha
	Kaga	Isobe Shrine	Komatsu, Ishikawa	Shikinai Shosha	Gō-sha
	Noto	Sōsha	Nanao, Ishikawa		Son-sha
	Etchū	Keta Shrine			Fuken-sha
	Echigo	Fuchū Hachiman-gū	Jōetsu, Niigata		Unknown
	Sado	Sōsha Shrine	Sado, Niigata		Unknown
San'indō	Tamba	Sō Shrine	Nantan, Kyoto		Unknown
	Tango	Kono Shrine			Kokuhei Chūsha
	Tajima	Keta Shrine	Toyooka, Hyōgo	Shikinai Shosha	Gō-sha
	Inaba	unknown
	Hōki	Kokuchōri Shrine (Sōja-daimyōjin)	Kurayoshi, Tottori	Shikigeisha	Ken-sha
	Izumo	Rokusho Shrine	Matsue, Shimane		Ken-sha
	Iwami	Ikan Shrine	Hamada, Shimane	Shikinai Shosha	Son-sha
	Oki	Tamawakasumikoto Shrine (Sōja-daimyōjin)	Okinoshima, Shimane	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha
		Ariki Shrine	Okinoshima, Shimane		Son-sha
San'yōdō	Harima	Itatehyōzu Shrine	Himeji, Hyōgo	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha	Yes
	Mimasaka	Mimasaka Sōja-gū	Tsuyama, Okayama		Ken-sha
	Bizen	Bizen-no-Kuni Sōjagū	Okayama, Okayama		Gō-sha
	Bitchū	Bitchū-no-kuni Sōja-gū	Sōja, Okayama		Ken-sha
	Bingo	Ono Shrine	Fuchū, Hiroshima		Unknown
	Aki	unknown
		Take Shrine	Fuchū, Hiroshima	Myojin Taisha	Ken-sha
	Suō	Saba Shrine	Hōfu, Yamaguchi		Ken-sha
	Nagato	Sōsha-gū (subshrine of Iminomiya Shrine)	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi		Setsumatsusha
		Wakamiya Shrine	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi		Unknown
Nankaidō	Kii	Fumori Shrine	Wakayama, Wakayama		Son-sha
	Awaji	Jūichimyōjin Shrine	Minamiawaji, Hyōgo		Son-sha
	Awa	Hachiman Sōsha Ryo Shrine	Tokushima, Tokushima		Son-sha
		Omiwa Shrine	Tokushima, Tokushima	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha
	Sanuki	Sōja Shrine	Sakaide, Kagawa		Gō-sha
	Iyo	Ikanashi Shrine	Imabari, Ehime	Shikinai Shosha	Son-sha
	Tosa	Tosa Kokubun-ji	Nankoku, Kōchi		Gō-sha
Saikaidō	Chikuzen	unknown
	Chikugo	Kōra taisha	Kurume, Fukuoka		Kokuhei Taisha
	Buzen	Sōsha Hachiman-gū	Miyako, Fukuoka		Gō-sha
	Bungo	unknown
	Hizen	unknown
	Higo	Kitaoka Shrine	Kumamoto, Kumamoto		Fuken-sha
	Hyūga	Tsuma Shrine	Saito, Miyazaki	Shikinai Shosha	Ken-sha
	Ōsumi	Haraido Shrine	Kirishima, Kagoshima		Son-sha
	Satsuma	Shukō Shrine subshrine of Nitta Shrine	Satsumasendai, Kagoshima		Setsumatsusha
	Iki	Kō Shrine	Iki, Nagasaki		Son-sha
	Tsushima	unknown
Hokkaido		Hakodate Hachimangū			Kokuhei Chūsha

Regional Soja Shrines

These are notable smaller Soja shrines for regions smaller than provinces

• Akasaka Uenoyama Shrine
• Unakoro Waki Shrine
• Ono Shrine (Ritto City)
• Ogami Shrine (Tonami City)
• Kainan Shrine
• Katsushika Shrine
• Katsube Shrine
• Mukuhashi Shrine
• Kotai Jingu (Fujisawa City)
• Gosho Shrine (Sammu City)
• Sakata Shinmei Shrine
• Shinkai Sansha Shrine
• Sazama Shrine (Daito City)
• Kenda Suga Shrine
• Tachibana Shrine (Kawasaki City)
• Torakashi Shrine
• Nagao Shrine
• Nanba Shrine (may have historically been a provincal one)
• Arayaza Amaterasu Mitama Shrine
• Nogi Shrine
• Hotaka Shrine
• Washinomiya Shrine

Related pages

• List of Shinto shrines in Japan
• Ichinomiya