新潟県 · Shrines & temples
Fujimoto Jinja
村上市 下越
It enshrines the Naito, lords of the Murakami domain. The centre of a castle town and a salmon town.
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Matsuo Jinja
十日町市 中越
A thatched hall standing deep in the mountains, an Important Cultural Property.
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Amatsu Jinja
糸魚川市 上越
It enshrines Nunakawa-hime, goddess of jade. Itoigawa is jade country.
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Sekiyama Jinja
妙高市 上越
It worships Mount Myoko and preserves a fire festival.
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Kota Jinja
上越市 上越
One of the shrines claiming to be first of Echigo Province. It stands near where Shinran came ashore.
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Rinsenji
上越市 上越
The temple where Uesugi Kenshin studied from the age of seven. A plaque on the gate reads Dai-ichi-gi, said to be in his own hand.
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Hachimangu (Sanjo)
三条市 中越
The tutelary shrine of a town of metalworking.
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Zuiunji
阿賀野市 下越
One of the Zen temples of Echigo.
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Suwa Jinja (Shibata)
新発田市 下越
The tutelary shrine of Shibata, known for its daiwa float festival.
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Futara Jinja
小千谷市 中越
The tutelary shrine of Ojiya chijimi country, and of a place that holds bull-locking contests.
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Rengebuji
佐渡市 佐渡
Said to have been founded by Kukai. A temple of hydrangeas.
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Hakusan Jinja (Niigata)
新潟市 下越
The tutelary shrine of Niigata, long the guardian of the mouth of the Shinano river.
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Hotokusan Inari
長岡市 中越
A great hall looking out over the Echigo plain, known for its candle festival in November.
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Koto Jinja
関川村 下越
It worships Mount Kousagi.
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Nunagawahime
糸魚川市 上越
Jade country. The Hime river takes its name from Nunakawa-hime.
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Kasugayama Jinja
上越市 上越
It enshrines Uesugi Kenshin, standing on the site of Kasugayama Castle.
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Hoshitoge
十日町市 中越
The water of the terraced fields catches the morning sun. The custom of enshrining a mountain deity for each field survives.
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Iwafune Jinja
村上市 下越
The origin of the place name Iwafune. An old shrine of the salmon town.
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Sekiyama
妙高市 上越
It worships Mount Myoko, and preserves the staff dance of the mock yamabushi.
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Daizen Jinja
佐渡市 佐渡
More than thirty Noh stages survive on Sado, the island to which Zeami was exiled.
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Oyama Jinja
立山町 呉東
Three sites make up one shrine: the Maetate hall in the village, the Chugu prayer hall, and the Mine main hall at the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama. …
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Zuiryuji
高岡市 呉西
Its gate, Buddha hall and lecture hall are National Treasures. The funerary temple of Maeda Toshinaga of the Kaga domain, it preserves the symmetrical…
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Inami Betsuin Zuisenji
南砺市 呉西
Carving workshops still line the street before its gate. The temple came first; Inami carving became an industry afterwards.
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Keta Jinja
高岡市 呉西
One of the shrines claiming to be first of Etchu Province, said to have been invited from Keta Taisha in Noto.
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