Tenaga Shrine

Shinto shrines

手長神社

Tenaga Shrine at Chausuyama 9556, Kamisuwa, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture (postal code 392-0003; telephone 0266-52-1007) enshrines the deity Tenazuchi as the ujigami of lower Kuwabara in Kamisuwa and is a subordinate shrine of Suwa Taisha Kamisha. Official shrine pages note a haiden built in 1788 by master carpenter Tachikawa Washiro Tomimune and an annual Hassaku festival on 15 September with children’s mikoshi on the eve of the fourteenth. The grounds overlook Lake Suwa and include historic subsidiary shrines and sacred trees. Confirm prayer hours and festival schedules before travel.