One of the Owari region's most revered Shinto shrines

Oagata Jinja Shrine worships the god Oagata no Omikami, the ancestral deity believed to have created the former country of Owari in present-day western Aichi Prefecture. Its roots lie deep in history with 2026 years since establishment, first atop Mt. Owari Hongu to where it stands today. Both royalty and commoners alike have fervently revered the shrine since antiquity as the second shrine to visit on pilgrimage through the Owari region, welcoming worshippers with the promise of commercial prosperity and the driving away of misfortune.

As stated above, the shrine once lied in different location, making the present-day shrine a actually a revival of the first. Even so, it was built centuries ago in 1661 by the second ruler of Owari Province, Lord Tokugawa Mitsutomo. The Owari-style construction is magnificently expressed with the Main Hall built in a way like no other. The shrine was designated a national important cultural property on June 5, 1981.