Editing Shiogama (section)

==Etymology==
"Shiogama" means "salt furnace" and refers to a local [[Shinto]] ritual involving the making of salt from sea water, still performed every July.  The name is sometimes written using the ''[[kanji]]'' 塩釜 rather than 塩竈 and both spellings are officially permitted.  Both 釜 and 竈 are pronounced ''gama'' [[rendaku|in compounds]], but as lone words they are pronounced ''kama'' and ''kamado'', respectively.  A ''[[:ja:かまど|kamado]]'' (竈, "furnace") is what a ''[[:ja:釜|kama]]'' (釜, "kettle") is placed upon, and so the two are not completely interchangeable.  塩竈 is the form officially used by the city, but for ease of writing, the 10-[[Stroke (CJKV character)|stroke]] 釜 is often used in place of the 21-stroke 竈, such as in [[Shiogama Station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.shiogama.miyagi.jp/seisaku/shise/gaiyo/kamado.html |title=塩竈市／「竈」の字について |website=www.city.shiogama.miyagi.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019183917/http://www.city.shiogama.miyagi.jp/seisaku/shise/gaiyo/kamado.html |archive-date=2012-10-19}} </ref>

Shiogama Jinja uses the rendering 鹽竈, with an archaic character for salt.  This third form is rarely seen outside of this context.