Shrine Spots in Awara / Sakai Area

  • Mikuni Shrine
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    3.5
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    Fukui Sakai-shi Mikunicho Sanno 6-2-80
    A shrine in Sanno, Mikuni-cho 6-Chome, Sakai City. The enshrined deities of worship are Oyamakui-no-Mikoto and Emperor Keitai. The grounds are thick with Japanese Zelkova trees and are home to the Zuijinmon two-storied gate, the largest in the prefecture and a registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of the Prefecture. The Mikuni Festival is held every May and features floats decorated with large samurai figures that are paraded through the town. The festival always draws large crowds.

    三国駅から少し離れている。今は静かな三国町だが海運業で栄えた時代の面影がある大きな神社です。広い敷地に多くのやしろがあります。門前にはお店もあり散策も楽しめる。

  • Kanazu Shrine Office
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Fukui Awara-shi Harumiya 2-14-64

    1200年以上の歴史ある神社です。灯篭の龍の彫刻が見事で、今にも動き出しそうな迫力を感じました。JR芦原温泉駅から歩いて行ける距離です。

  • Shinmei Shrine
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Fukui, Sakai, Ishikidocho, 1-2

    新しい神社と感じましたが1948年(昭和23年)6月28日の福井大震災によって、杜殿・樹木などが倒壊焼失したが、1962年7月15日に本殿(神明造)幣殿・拝殿を造営し、再建された。1982年に再建20周年の記念事業として宝物殿を新築し、玉垣が建立された 境内入口は西向き。石の垣に囲まれた境内があり、入口に鳥居。鳥居の形状は、貫が左右にはみ出ない中山鳥居。福井県では珍しいかもしれない形。注連縄は直...

  • Ominato Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Mikunicho Anto
  • Shinmei Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Haruecho Fusedashin
  • Kasuga Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Haruecho Himeo
  • Komori Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Haruecho Kamikomori
  • Ishizuka Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Haruecho Ishizuka
  • Shinmei Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Haruecho Nakanosho
  • Ratio sheep shrine
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    Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Haruechouinomukai
  • Hiyoshi Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Sakaicho Tokubunden
  • Ishibotoke Daimyojin Yashiro
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    Fukui Sakai Haruecho Ishibotoke
  • Bow Hachiman Shrine
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    Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Sakaichouwakamiya
  • Yasuta Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Marukacho Shimoyasuta
  • Hachiman Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Marukacho Ippondenfukusho
  • Hachiman Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Marukacho Yasutashin
  • Hachimangu Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Marukacho Takase
  • Jimmu Emperor, Inc.
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    Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Maruokachouyotsuyanagi
  • Hachiman Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Marukacho Inotsume 1-chome
  • Hachiman Shrine
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    Fukui Sakai Marukacho Shinma

Fukui Areas

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Northeast of Kyoto, the ancient Tojinbo Cliffs separate Fukui prefecture from the Sea of Japan in a stretch of land well worth exploring. Water sports and seaside delicacies are available in abundance as the spectacular rugged coastline flattens down into beaches to the west of the prefecture, while inland, Fukui is home to Zen Buddhist temples and historic ruins.

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