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北海道 · Shrines & temples

Hokkaido Jingu

札幌市道央

Founded by decree of Emperor Meiji as guardian of the frontier. Barely 150 years old, yet no shrine in Hokkaido draws more worshippers. It enshrines t…

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Hakodate Hachimangu

函館市道南

Southern Hokkaido was tied to Honshu early on by the kitamaebune trade and the herring fishery. The shrine's history follows that.

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Ubagami Daijingu

江差町道南

Said to be among the oldest shrines in Hokkaido. It is bound up with life in Esashi, which the herring boom sustained.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Obihiro Jinja

帯広市道東

A shrine that grew with the opening of the Tokachi plain. Ezo squirrels are often seen in its grounds.

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Abashiri Jinja

網走市道東

Guardian of the Okhotsk fisheries. It enshrines the three Munakata goddesses, showing that sea worship reached the northern edge of the country.

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Kamikawa Jinja

旭川市道北

The tutelary shrine of Asahikawa. It sits on Kaguraoka hill, tied to the history of the tondenhei settler-soldiers.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Otasan Jinja

せたな町道南

Called the hardest shrine in Japan to reach. Beyond a steep stone stairway, worshippers haul themselves up the rock by chain to the main hall.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Hokkaido Gokoku Jinja

旭川市道北

Enshrined at Asahikawa as guardian of the northern defences. Linked to the tondenhei settler-soldiers.

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Hokkaido Jingu Tongu

札幌市道央

A place of distant worship set up in the city centre for those unable to climb to the main shrine on Maruyama in winter.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Otaru Sumiyoshi Jinja

小樽市道央

The tutelary shrine of Otaru. It grew as the port town prospered.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Koryuji

函館市道南

Said to be the oldest temple in Hokkaido. It still carries the scars of the Battle of Hakodate.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Shari Jinja

斜里町道東

Standing at the gateway to Shiretoko. It has long watched over the Okhotsk fisheries.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Hokkaido Daijingu

札幌市道央

Its deity was invited from Ise. It shows how far faith spread during the settlement years.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Kotohira Jinja

根室市道東

Said to have been founded by Takadaya Kahei. Guardian of the northern fisheries.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Muroran Hachimangu

室蘭市道央

The tutelary shrine of a town built on steel and its harbour.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Itsukushima Jinja

釧路市道東

The tutelary shrine of Kushiro. A sea deity invited from Itsukushima in Aki.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Obihiro Fudoson

帯広市道東

A Fudo hall that drew the faith of the settlers of Tokachi.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Toyako Hachiman Jinja

洞爺湖町道央

The shrine of a land that has lived through eruption after eruption of Mount Usu.

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Kamikawa Jinja Tongu

旭川市道北

The in-town hall paired with the main shrine on Kaguraoka.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Kitami Jinja

北見市道東

The tutelary shrine of a town that prospered on the peppermint boom.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Matsumae Jinja

松前町道南

Enshrines Takeda Nobuhiro, founder of the Matsumae clan. It stands in the only castle town in Hokkaido.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Hokkaido Toshogu

函館市道南

A Toshogu built by the Hakodate magistrate's office to display the authority of the shogunate.

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Sapporo Fushimi Inari Jinja

札幌市道央

Vermilion torii line the foot of Mount Moiwa. The deity was invited from Fushimi.

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Nibutani Chinomisir

平取町道央

Places where the Ainu have long offered prayer. There is no shrine building; the mountain and the river themselves are what is revered.