Nitta Shrine (Japanese: 新田神社 (薩摩川内市)) is a Shinto shrine located in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Nitta Shrine houses two notable subshrines the Nitta Hachimangu, an ichinomiya or a first ranked shrine of its province, and the Shukō Jinja, a Sōja shrine or a shrine that enshrines all the gods of its province.

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Nitta Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Hachiman Ninigi Susanoo (Gozu Tenno) Nitta Yoshisada all the deities of Satsuma Province (Sōja shrine)
Type	Sōja shrine
Year consecrated	725
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It contains Nitta Hachimangu, an ichinomiya, and the first ranked shrine of Satsuma Province but itself is larger than merely that.

It is located at the top of Mount Shinki (神亀山).,^[1]

It is on a hill that overlooks the Sendai River.^[2] It enshrines Ninigi-no-Mikoto an ancestor of the Imperial House of Japan.^[2][3]

In 1874, the Imperial Household Ministry identified the tomb located behind the shrine as the Mt. Kawai Mausoleum. It is believed to be the burial site of Ninigi no Mikoto, the grandfather of Emperor Jimmu.^[4][3][5]

It has had a conflict with Hirakiki jinja who also claimed to be the top shrine of the province^[6]

There is a stone bridge called Korai-bashi (降来橋) in the shrine's Sandō^[6]

Nitta Hachimangu is a Hachiman shrine located within this shrine.

Shukō Jinja (九楼守公神社) is a Sōja shrine. It enshrines all the kami of the shrines in Satsuma Province.

It is a subshrine of Nitta Shrine.

• Hirakiki jinja (the other Ichinomiya of Satsuma Province)
• Nitta Shrine (Ōta)