Shimogamo Shrine

Shimogamo Shrine, formally Kamo-mioya Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. It is one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, a Myojin Taisha listed in the Engishiki, the ichinomiya of Yamashiro Province, and was formerly ranked as a Kanpei Taisha (now a Beppyo shrine of the Association of Shinto Shrines). Its main deities are Tamayori-hime no Mikoto and Kamo Taketsunumi no Mikoto, and its annual festival is held on May 15 (the Kamo Festival, or Aoi Matsuri). The current chief priest is Naoto Araki. The shrine is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto".