Kanamura Wake Ikazuchi Shrine
Kanamura Wake Ikazuchi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is also called "Raijin-sama" and "Kanamura-sama" by locals. It is the second largest shrine in Tsukuba, after Mt. Tsukuba Shrine, and it is one of the three major Raijin shrines in the Kanto area. It is a Kamo shrine.
History
It was founded on March 15, 931, during the reign of Emperor Suzaku, by a feudal lord named Toyoda-ko. It enshrines the thunder deity Kanamura-wake-ikazuchi-no-kami.The shrine is west of Tsukuba in Kamigō, an urbanized area, but the surrounding area is fields, the Kokai River runs west of this area. To the north, on the other side of the Kikai River is Mototoyoda, site where the Toyoda Clan established a castle. Those areas in the past were controlled by the Toyoda Clan.