Saruka Shrine

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| name = Saruka Jinja
猿賀神社

| image = Saruga Shrine torii.jpeg

| caption = Torii on the approach to Saruka Jinja

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| religious_affiliation = Shinto

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| established = 807

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| location = Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture

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{{nihongo|Saruka Jinja|猿賀神社}}, sometimes rendered Saruga, is a Shinto shrine in Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is said to have been founded in 807, when Sakanoue no Tamuramaro came north during the campaigns against the Ezo.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.hirakawa.lg.jp/english/2010112500303/ |title=Saruka Shrine |publisher=Hirakawa City |accessdate=10 February 2012 |archive-date=21 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521212556/http://www.city.hirakawa.lg.jp/english/2010112500303/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/soshiki/nourin/noson/files/0265sarukajinjya.pdf |title=Saruka Jinja |publisher=Aomori Prefecture |accessdate=10 February 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032204/http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/soshiki/nourin/noson/files/0265sarukajinjya.pdf |url-status=dead }} The Honden, dating to 1826, is a Prefecturally-designated Important Cultural Property.{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/bunka/education/juho_kenzoubutu_27.html |title=Saruka Jinja Honden |publisher=Aomori Prefecture |accessdate=10 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aomori-jinjacho.or.jp/jinja/nankoku/jinja/48.htm |title=猿賀神社 |publisher=Aomori Jinjachō |accessdate=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910122333/http://www.aomori-jinjacho.or.jp/jinja/nankoku/jinja/48.htm |archivedate=10 September 2010 }} Preserved {{nihongo|building records|棟札}} are a City-designated Important Cultural Property (Historic Materials).{{cite web |url=http://www.city.hirakawa.lg.jp/docs/2010110900013/ |title=指定文化財一覧 (Hirakawa Cultural Property Listing) |publisher=Hirakawa City |accessdate=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519235826/http://www.city.hirakawa.lg.jp/docs/2010110900013/ |archivedate=19 May 2012 }} There is an annual rice-planting festival and a pond of pink lotus. The main kami enshrined here is Kamitsukenokimitaji no mikoto (上毛野君田道命).

File:Saruga Shrine haiden.jpeg of Saruka Shrine]]