山上大神宮

　　　山上大神宮
　山上大神宮は、社伝によると今から600年ほど前の応安年間（室町初期）、藤坊という修験者がこの地に渡来し、亀田赤井川村神明山に草庵を結び、伊勢神宮の御霊をいただいたのが始まりと伝えられる。
　その後、明暦元年（1655年）５月、尻澤辺村（現在の住吉町）に移し、箱館神明宮と称したとも伝えられる。天和２年（1682年）、現在の西消防署弥生出張所付近に移転し、明治７年（1874年）、社名をこの地の山之上町をとり山上大神宮と改称し、明治９年（1876年）郷社となった。
　幕末の頃、当宮８代神職であった澤辺琢磨（旧名山本琢磨）は土佐藩士で、坂本龍馬、武市半平太とは親類関係にあった。　また、箱館戦争の時、榎本武揚率いる旧幕府脱走軍に加わった桑名藩主松平定敬の御座所に使用されるなど、歴史的にも由緒ある神社である。

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　　　Yamanoue Daijingu
According to shrine records, the origin of Yamanoue Daijingu (The Great Shrine of Yamanoue) is in the conception of the holy spirit of Ise Jingu Shrine by a trainee monk named Fujibo. Fujibo came to Hakodate about 600 years ago (at the beginning of Muromachi Era) and set up a retreat on Shinmeisan Mountain in the village of Kameda-Akaigawa. Later the shrine was transferred to the village of Shirisawabe (now Sumiyoshi-cho), and renamed Hakodate Shinmeigu Shrine. In 1682, it was moved to its present location and renamed Yamanoue Daijingu after the name of the suburb. In 1876 it was officially designated as the town shrine.
The shrine’s eighth priest, Sawabe Takuma (formerly Yamamoto Takuma), served at the end of Edo period and was originally from Tosa Clan. He was related to Sakamoto Ryoma and Takeichi Hanpeita, both well known samurai of the era. The shrine has played a notable role in Hakodate’s history; during the Battle of Hakodate it was the living quarters of Matsudaira Sadaaki, the head of the Kuwana Clan who fought with the shogunate army headed by Enomoto Takeaki.

CITY OF HAKODATE