Mekari Shrine (和布刈神社, Mekari-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.

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Mekari-jinja 和布刈神社
The honden, or main shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Emperor Chūai Empress Jingū
Location
Location	3492, Moji, Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū Fukuoka 801-0855
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	33°57′39″N 130°57′44″E
Architecture
Date established	C.200 AD
Website
mekarijinjya.web.officelive.com
Glossary of Shinto

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The wife of Emperor Chūai, Empress Jingū, came here sometime during the legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century. She had Mekari Shrine built as a way of giving thanks to the Kami. The present main shrine was rebuilt in 1767 by the Ogasawara clan from Harima.

In the shrine's Shinto ritual called Mekari Shinji,^[1] wakame seaweed is cut from the ocean at low tide and offered to an altar in a ceremony conducted in the early morning hours of the first day of the New Year according to the old lunar calendar. The ritual is thought to bring about good luck and has been designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Asset by Fukuoka prefecture.

• List of Shinto shrines

• View of Kanmon Straits from the shrine
• A torii standing with Kanmonkyo Bridge in background