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  • Chiyobo Inari Shrine (Ochobo-san)
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    4.0
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    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Hiratachousangou 1980
    The main enshrined deities are Taiso-no-Okami, Inari-no-Okami, and Oyagami. Yoshitaka, the sixth son of Minamoto-no-Hachimantaro Yoshiie, at the time of establishing a branch family was granted by Yoshiie that the ancestral spirits be protected forever. After that, their descendant Mori Hakkai opened the village of Suwaki. It was these gods that became the origin of the shrine. It is one of the three major Inari (god of harvest) in Japan, and two million people come to worship here every year. The shrine is said to generate business prosperity. Worshipers purchase sake and fried tofu at a shop near the entrance of the shrine and make offerings to the gods. Along the road leading up to the shrine you’ll find many shops.

    This is a nice small market walk through Kaizu city. It is very intimate with a lot of food markets, small souvenir shops, restaurants, plant shops, clothing shops, arare shops, snack shops, Kushi...

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  • Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine
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    4.0
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Sakuramachi 178
    The Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture that is dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area. According to tradition, the origins of the Shrine date back to the reign of the Emperor Nintoku, when Prince Naniwa-neko Takefurukuma no Mikoto, who had come to the area to subjugate an evil monster, prayed for victory at this site. The Shrine is closely associated with the Autumn Festival that is one of the two Takayama Matsuri (Takayama Festivals), the other being the Spring Festival that is associated with the Hie Shrine; the Takayama Matsuri has been designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Some of the “Yatai” (decorated floats) used in the Takayama Matsuri procession are on display in the Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall within the Shrine precincts (the floats on display are rotated), giving visitors the opportunity to view the magnificent decoration, which is a tribute to the skill of Hida region craftsmen, from close to.

    This is a very quiet Shinto Temple, easy walk from the station (10-15 minutes) walk. A long the lane leading to the temple are old Japanese house. The temple is free and very nice surrounding. Quiet...

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  • Inaba-jinja Shrine
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    Gifu Pref. Gifushi Inabadori 1-1
    The Inaba Shrine has for many centuries been a place of great spiritual importance for people living in the region. Dedicated to the worship of the Shinto deity Inishiki-Irihiko-no-Mikoto, the Inaba Shrine was originally a place where prayers were offered to protect against floods. In recent years, the Shrine has become very popular with worshippers wishing to pray for the safety of family members or for business prosperity, with people paying their first visit to a shrine in the New Year, with families celebrating the Shichi-Go-San festival, and with worshippers offering up prayers in relation to childbirth, traffic safety, construction or irrigation projects, etc. The Shrine preserves a set of chronicle scrolls of its own origin and history, which has been designated an Important Cultural Property by Gifu Prefecture. The Inaba Shrine is located around 15-minute drive from JR Gifu Station.

    （ぜんこうじ）と言います。真言宗醍醐派の寺院で、山号は愛護山。本尊は善光寺如来。善光寺安乗院ともいいます。通称は「岐阜善光寺」、「伊奈波善光寺」。美濃新四国八十八ヶ所の第1番札所です。お賽銭がなんとPayPayで納められるんでびっくりしました。拝観料は、無料です。

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  • Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine
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    22 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Ichinomiyamachi 5323
    Located an eight-minute walk from JR Hida-Ichinomiya Station, this shrine has been regarded as the emotional foundation for the people of Hida since ancient times as the highest ranking shrine in the old Hida Province. 14 gods are worshipped in addition to “Mitoshi no Okami,” the main god known as “Minashi no Kami,” which has attracted worship as the god of production that controls harvests and yields and settles a strategic water source and transportation route. In addition to first shrine visits for the new year, it bustles with many worshippers for annual festivals such as the Hida Ikibina Festival (Live Doll Festival), and the prefecture-designated intangible cultural heritage “Jindai Odori” (Era of Gods Dance).

    飛騨国一宮、水無神社。位山から下りて来てちょうどこの神社の前を通り飛騨中心の高山へ繋がっています。大きい木がありましたが夏の朝、山国の一宮はひっそりとしていました。なお、国道41号の宮峠トンネルが開通し南飛騨の下呂など益田方面行きやすくなりました。

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  • Hida Sannogu Hie Shrine
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    4.0
    25 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Shiroyama 156
    Located approximately a 10-minute walk from the red Nakabashi Bridge that spans the Miya River, this shrine dedicated to Oyamakui no Kami sits at the southern foot of Mt. Shiroyama located in the center of the city. It has a long history of praying for the coming of the deity, and is said to have been built in 1141. It is famous for its annual spring Takayama Festival held every year on April 14 and 15. Of a pair of portable shrines made in 1816 that are both important cultural properties of Takayama City, one is housed in the shed of the main shrine, and the other is in the place where a sacred palanquin is enshrined in the Nakabashi rest station.

    高山市街地の南東端にある神社で、春の高山祭りはこの神社の例大祭です。春の高山祭りては古い町並みにある一の鳥居から神社までの道路に絢爛豪華な12台の山車が並びます。また、恒例の御巡幸はこの神社からスタートします。今回は御巡幸が出ていって、人混みの減った時に参拝しました。森に囲まれた流石の大きな神社で、大きな楠のご神木や稲荷神社や天満宮もあります。

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  • Chisui-jinja Shrine
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
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    Gifu Kaizu-shi Kaizucho Aburajima
    A shrine dedicated to the loyal retainers of the Satsuma domain who undertook flood control work on the orders of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the middle Edo period. Since ancient times, the Nobi Plain has seen damage from the of the Kiso, Nagara, and Ibi rivers that run through it. The Satsuma domain during the period was the next most powerful in Japan besides the Edo Shogunate, and they completed the work they were given with great sacrifice. The shrine honors the deified form of the head of the project, Hirata Yukie Masasuke Ushi-no-Mikoto. Today, the shrine participates in various programs linking Gifu and Kagoshima. It's also known for improving the love luck of patrons.

    木曽川、長良川、揖斐川と大きな川を治水工事を行った薩摩隼人はスゴイ。江戸時代の治水工事の技術で大きな犠牲を払ったことを後世に伝えている。

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  • Kano-tenmangu Shrine
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Gifushi Kanoutenjinmachi 4-1
    Saito Toshinaga was a military commander who ruled over Kano. He was devoted to Tenmangu Shrine and had Tenman installed as a guardian deity when he built Kutsui Castle in 1445. Kutsui Castle was abandoned after that, but the locals maintained their belief in the shrine. When Tokugawa Ieyasu built Kano Castle in 1600, as the shrine is on the premises, he had it moved to its current location and rededicated. It enshrines Sugawara-no-Michizane. Known as a deity of scholarship, lots of worshipers come to pray for success with exams.

    岐阜駅から周辺を散策にて参拝にて立ち寄りました。立派な天満宮で太宰府天満宮から寄贈された白梅、紅梅が植えてありました◯

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  • Moriminashi Hachiman Shrine
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Gifu Gero-shi Mori 1321
    "This old temple in a corner of the hot spring town is located approximately a ten-minute walk from Gero Station. From the Heian period to the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Hida craftsmen carved ten wooden idols that are stored here, and all of them have been designated as national important cultural properties. Every year on February 14th, there is a traditional festival called ""Tanokami Festival"" to usher in spring in Hidaji area. It is said to be based on ritual performances done since the middle ages so as to celebrate an abundant harvest of rice in advance. It is also nicknamed the ""Hanagasa Festival"" because of the local young dancers who wear brightly colored hanagasa hats, and this has been designated a national important intangible cultural asset."

    駅の対岸にあります。階段は結構急でした。境内は街中の神社といった感じです。人はいませんがお賽銭箱の近くに書置き御朱印があります。

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  • Hida Gokoku Shrine
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Horibatamachi 90
    This shrine is located in the Takayama Station Sannomaru ruins about an eight-minute drive from Takayama Station. The grounds were purified in 1878, and the Chukyoin was completed there the next year. The stone walls on the site are the original ones from the Sannomaru period. Now known as a popular spot for cherry blossom viewing, there are many Yoshino cherry trees planted around the outer moat that bring to mind castle walls. It is said to be the smallest shrine among the countless Gokoku shrines (shrines that enshrine and honor the war dead) throughout the country.

    高山駅から徒歩20分ほど。高山城三の丸跡に鎮座。 1909年に「飛騨招魂社」として創建。現在も神門前には創建時の社名が彫られた社号標が立っている。祭神は西南の役以降の飛騨出身の戦没者。社殿は木造銅板葺き。左側に繋がっている「忠孝苑合祭殿」には飛騨大神宮・黄金神社・祖霊殿が祀られており、さらにその左には久和司神社、飛騨匠神社が鎮座している。

  • Hida-soja Shrine
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kandamachi 2-114
    The Hida region's main Shinto shrine located about one kilometer from Takayama Station. Although the exact date of origin is unknown, it is said that the Emperor Suzaku built it in the 930s. The primary deity is Oyatsuhashi-no-Mikoto, but it also enshrines the deities of the other 18 official Hida area shrines. As such, a visit to Hidasoja Shrine it is said to have the same benefits as worshiping at all the other shrines across the Hida region. Its annual festival is held on May 4th and 5th and features a parade of parent-child lion dances and portable shrines moving through the town.

    飛騨国分寺のある通りを7〜8分北へ歩く場所に鎮座。私が出向いた時間は地元の方がお一人、ひと通りの境内をお詣りされている、静かな時間帯でした。数多くの神様がいらっしゃる様で日頃の感謝とお願いを聴いて下さる様です。手水舎が美しい浮き球とお花で飾られて、女子向けや映えで伺うにも良いです♪

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  • Tedikarao Shrine
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    Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Nakatedikarachou 4
    Located in Kakamigahara City, this shrine is dedicated to a god of sports and physical power, and is known by local residents as “Tedikara-san.” It is said to bring good fortune and luck in battle since Oda Nobunaga prayed for victory there when attacking Inaba Castle. While is it unclear the exact year when it was constructed, it is believed that area rulers performed rituals at the shrine around the end of fifth century. Under the eaves of the main shrine building, there are two dragon sculptures, one on each side of the building, wrapped around beams that were said to once move around, and they have been registered a cultural property by the city as “Ryu no Shiyu” (The Dragon Couple). In addition, besides the special red seals distributed for summer shrine visits, they also publish information from time to time on social media.
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  • Araki-jinja Shrine
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    2 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kokufucho Miyaji 1405-1
    Founded in the year 927, this Shinto shrine has been recorded since ancient times as one of the eight official shrines in Hida. The main hall visitors see today was rebuilt in 1390 and features early Muromachi period architecture including wooden shingle roofing. A nationally Designated Important Cultural Property, it honors Kahaku Daimyojin, a river and water deity. Lots of tourists visit for the annual festival held on the first Sunday of September featuring double-actor lion dances and hayashi music accompanied by flute and drums. The Kaneuchi lion dance ceremony, performed by dozens of children, is an Important Prefectural Intangible Cultural Asset.

    お正月、初詣に行きます。太鼓と笛の演奏とお祓いをして貰い、お神酒を飲みます。秋は農産物の収穫を祝う秋祭りがあり、獅子舞などやっていました。

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  • Hakusan Chukyo Shrine
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    Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Shirotorichouitoshiro 3-48
    This shrine is located about a 40-minute drive from the Shirotori Interchange. One of the Hakusan shrines, the monk Taicho—Daishi expanded the shrine area in 717, and repaired the main building. The sculptures “Awa ni Uzura(ears of millet and quails)” and “Ryu to Wakishoji(dragons on the side-screens)” in front of the main hall were designated important cultural properties by Gifu Prefecture in 1962, and the “Jyoan sugi” cedar trees and virgin beech forest on the grounds were made a natural monument of Gifu Prefecture in 1974. Every year on the third Sunday in May, two shrine maidens perform five kinds of dances for the annual summer festival.
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  • Musubu Shrine
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    Gifu Pref. Ampachigunampachichou Nishimusubu 584-1
    15-minutes from the Hashima Interchange on the Meishin Expressway on Prefectural Route 18. Established in the late Heian period, the shrine is famous for granting worshippers luck in finding love and marriage. According to one theory, the shrine may even have been found a little before the distant Nara period. The shrine is also part of the legendary love story between Oguri Hangan and Princess Terute famously depicted in traditional joruri puppet and kabuki theater plays. In addition, the shrine is known as the place where the powerful samurai lord Oda Nobunaga prayed for victory prior to the Battle of Nagashino and the shrine still has a seal and spear from his visit. The shrine's popular ema votive tablets, used to pray for luck with love, are decorated with hearts and purchasers can have the small heart in the upper right side of the tablet cut out to take with them as an amulet.
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  • Gero Onsen-jinja Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Yunoshima
    There's a high probability you'll pass this shrine during your visit to Gero Onsen as it's in the center of town. It's on the first floor of Gero Onsen Ryokan Kaikan on the corner of Shirasagi Bridge, just across from Gero Ohashi Bridge. It was built to give thanks for Gero's history and hot springs, and to pray for its continued development. An annual festival held on October 8th also offers thanks for the hot springs and features tourists parading through the town wearing traditional samurai garb. The shrine is a branch of Yudonosan Honmiya Shrine, honoring one of the three Dewasanzan peaks in Yamagata Prefecture.
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  • Kuzu Hachimangu Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Hagiwaracho Joro 2345-1
    "A Shinto shrine said to have originated 1,600 years ago to pray for victory in battle. It has a long and venerable history as the second most prominent shrine in the Hida district, housing the protective deity of southern Hida. The main shrine was rebuilt in 1412 on the orders of the district's lord. The shrine has important carvings of a carp and a bush warbler, as well as two giant cedars on the outskirts of the precincts that are about 1,500 years old. Known as the ""Married Cedars,"" their trunks are 12.5 meters around. They've been designated as a National Natural Monument."
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  • Myoken-jinja Shrine Cherry Blossoms
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    Gifu Gujo-shi Yamatocho Maki
    This Shinto shrine is said to have been founded in the early 13th century. Its beginnings are said to be associated with Tou Taneyuki of the Tou clan who participated meritoriously in the Jokyu War and received this territory, transferring the spirit of Myoken Bosatsu, the patron deity of the Chiba clan. Gifu Prefecture has designated the shrine's Nanoka Festival held every year on August 7th as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. About 100 cherry trees of various sizes are planted along the roughly 250-meter approach to the shrine. The tunnel of cherry blossoms that forms when the trees are in full bloom from early to mid-April has been selected as one of the Top 33 Spots to View Cherry Blossom in the Hida-Mino region.
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  • Murakami-jinja Shrine
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Okuhida Onsenkyo Murakami
    This Shinto shrine is across from Okuhida Onsenkyo and Tochio Onsen with their idyllic scenery. The primary god honored is Emperor Murakami, Japan's 62nd ruler. It is considered Okuhida's guardian shrine. On May 10th, its annual festival welcomes spring to snowy Okuhida Onsenkyo. After the ceremonies they hold traditional Hida Takayama performances of lion dances and traditional torigei featuring village youths in feathered headdresses called jagama dancing in a circle to the beat of a drum. It has been designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Gifu Prefecture.
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  • Atayuta-jinja Shrine
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kokufucho Kisogaito 1023
    This Shinto shrine is about 25 minutes by car from JR Takayama Station. The details surrounding its origin are unknown. The main shrine is built in the Sangensha-nagare-misedana-zukuri style with wooden shingle roofing displaying the simple yet elegant design of the early Muromachi period. From the days of old it's been the guardian shrine of the Kisogaito, Mikkamachi and Handa areas, and was called Gongengu during the Edo period. As it's a remnant of the Hida area's medieval culture, it was registered as a nationally Important Cultural Property in 1961.
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  • Hida Tenmangu Shrine
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Tenmanmachi 2-30
    A Shinto shrine 12 minutes on foot from Takayama Station on the JR Takayama Main Line. It's said to have been founded in 903 by Sugawara no Kanemochi, Sugawara no Michizane's third son and a provincial governor. He built it on the death of his father. The grounds feature a messenger of the Tenjin deity, a Nade-ushi cow image that parishioners rub and make wishes. Many students visit for boons from Sugawara no Michizane, famous as a god of learning. The main shrine you see today was built in 1992. The lion dance performed at the annual festival on April 14th and 15th is registered as a Folk Cultural Property.
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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.

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