is a Shinto shrine located in the Kawakita neighborhood of the town of Tsuno, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of the former Hyà «ga Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on December 5.
The primary kami enshrined at Tsuno Jinja is:
The foundation of Tsuno Shrine is unknown. According to the shrine's legend, it was founded six years before Emperor Jimmu's accession to the throne, when the Emperor departed Hyà «ga on his expedition to conquer the east. It is also claimed that Empress Jingà « worshipped at this location for the safety of her fleet during her conquest of the Korean Peninsula, and said that the first time that the shrine was built was after the Empress's triumphant return. In addition to the ruins dating back to the Jà Âmon period, the Tsuno area is home to more than 20 burial mounds (the Tsuno Kofun Cluster), and pottery and stone tools have been excavated near the site of the shrine.
In 837 the shrine was promoted to a government shrine, and in 843 was awarded Junior Fifth Rank, per the "Shoku Nihon Kà Âki"). In 858, it was promoted to Junior Fourth Rank per the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku. In the Engishiki, it is one of only four shrines listed for Hyà «ga Province, and at that time it was the largest shrine in Hyà «ga Province, with magnificent shrine buildings and vast estates. It was also involved in a protracted conflict with Tsuma Shrine, the Sà Âja shrine of the province. The details of this conflict are unknown as all of the ancient records have been destroyed. By the Muromachi period the Tsuno Shrine was regarded as the ichinomiya of Hyà «ga Province. It was rebuilt by the local warlord Ità  Yoshisuke in 1549; in 1578, during a conflict between à Âtomo Sà Ârin and the Shimazu Yoshihisa, the shrine was destroyed by fire, and the shrine buildings, shrine treasures, and ancient documents were all destroyed. The shrine never recovered, and by 1675, traveller's accounts stated that it was a small, unattended shrine. The shrine was restored in its current form by Akizuki Tanemasa, the daimyà  of Takanabe Domain, and in 1701, estates worth 20 koku were donated for its upkeep. Successive daimyà  of Takanabe supported the shrine through the end of the Edo period.
During the Meiji period era of State Shinto, the shrine was rated as a under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines in 1871. in 1934, the area of the shrine was expanded and improved as part of the "celebrations of the 2600th anniversary of the founding of Japan" project sponsored by the government. The main shrine building was rebuilt in 2007.
The shrine is located 25 minutes on foot or five minutes by car from Tsuno Station on the JR Kyushu Nippà  Main Line.