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Shrine name Location Enshrined deity
 California
Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America [1]
(アメリカ出世稲荷神社)		 Los Angeles (宇迦之御魂神) Uka-no-Mitama-no-Kami
(誉田別命) Homudawake-no-Mikoto
(大床主神) Ōtokonushi-no-kami
(武みかづちの神) Takemikaduchi-no-kami
(経津主神) Futsunushi-no-kami
(水波女神) Mizuhanome-no-kami
 Colorado
Kami Shrine (Drala Mountain Center) [2] Red Feather Lakes Amaterasu-Ōmikami
(天照大神), Toyouke-Omikami, Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto
(猿田彦大神・天鈿女命)
 Hawaii
Daijingū Temple of Hawaii
(ハワイ大神宮)		 Honolulu (天照皇大神) Amaterasu-Sume-Ōkami[1]
(天之御中主神) Amenominakanushi-no-Kami
(ジョージ・ワシントン) George Washington[1][2]
(エイブラハム・リンカーン) Abraham Lincoln[1]
(カメハメハ1世) King Kamehameha[1]
(カラカウア) King Kalakaua[1]
Hawaii Ishizuchi Jinja
(ハワイ石鎚神社)		 Honolulu Ishizuchi-Hiko-no-Mikoto
(石鎚毘古命)
Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
(ハワイ金刀比羅神社・ハワイ太宰府天満宮)		 Honolulu Ōmononushi-no-Mikoto, Sugawara-no-Michizane-kō
(大物主命・菅原道真公)
Hilo Daijingū
(ヒロ大神宮)		 Hilo Amaterasu-Sume-Ōkami, Toyouke-no-Ōkami
(天照皇大神・豊受大神)
Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii
(ハワイ出雲大社)		 Honolulu Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami, Hawaiubusunagami
(大國主大神・ハワイ産土神)
Maalaea Ebisu Kotohira Jinsha
(マラエア恵比須金刀比羅神社)		 Maalaea Ebisu
(恵比須)
Maui Jinsha Mission
(マウイ神社)		 Wailuku
Wakamiya Inari Shrine
(若宮稲荷神社)		 Waipahu Inari Ōkami
(稲荷大神)
 Washington
Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America - CLOSED/NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC as of June 2023, No Preist available to continue the overseeing of the Shrine
(アメリカ椿大神社)		 Granite Falls Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (猿田彦大神・天鈿女命),[3] Amerika Kokudo Kunitama-no-Kami[4] (アメリカ国道国魂神)

United States territories

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Shrine name Location Enshrined deity
 Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan Katori Jinja
彩帆香取神社)		 Garapan, Saipan Futsunushi-no-kami
(経津主神)
Saipan Hachiman Jinja
(彩帆八幡神社)		 Kagman, Saipan Saipan-Kunitama-no-Ōkami
(サイパン国魂大神), Hachiman-Ōkami
(八幡大神), Isaizu-Ōkami
(久伊豆大神)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Kawasaki, Bishop Kazoe. "About – Daijingu Temple of Hawaii". Hawaii Daijingu Kyodan. Retrieved 2022-06-30. The kami enshrined in the Hawaii Daijingu Temple are many; The Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, the myriads of kami who flank Amaterasu Omikami, the national father George Washington, the nation's restorer Abraham Lincoln and other men and women of distinguished services, King Kamehameha, King Kalakaua, and other men and women of great services to the state of Hawaii.
  2. ^ "Shrines and Hawaiians of Japanese descent". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 2022-06-30. George Washington has been included in the pantheon of kami (saijin) worshipped at Hawaiian shrines (...)
  3. ^ Ramella, Sueann (2013-10-08). "What's So Special About This Shinto Shrine? The Priest Isn't Japanese, But That's Not All". Northwest Public Broadcasting.
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Global Studies. SAGE Publications. 2012. p. 1539. ISBN 9781412994224.

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