Tsushima Shrine (Sanuma, Tome)

Tsushima Shrine (Sanuma, Tome)

Tsushima Shrine (Sanuma, Tome) (津島神社), in Hasamacho Sanuma, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, once the site of a fortified post of the Sendai domain, has its main hall of 1919, worship hall of 1923 and mikoshi hall of 1935, registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on March 6, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). They are owned by the Tsushima Shrine religious corporation.

Carved Halls of the Taisho Period

The main hall, a one-bay nagare-style hall facing north in the south of the precinct, is densely carved, with scrolled gable panels and stacked bracket arms (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The hip-and-gable worship hall to its north has a cusped gable over its three-bay porch and carved gables and beams, and the small mikoshi hall to the north-west keeps the portable shrine under a coffered ceiling.

It is a different shrine from Tsushima Shrine in Tsushima, Aichi. Each building is described on its own page.

Visiting

They are owned by the Tsushima Shrine religious corporation (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on visiting was found.