Shrine Spots in Hida Area

  • Moriminashi Hachiman Shrine
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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."

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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.
  • 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."
  • Keta Wakamiya Jinja
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Kamikita 1297
  • Minashi Shrine
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    Gifu Hida-shi
  • Shimohara Hachiman Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Kanayamacho Nakatsuhara
  • Shirakawa Hachiman Shrine
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura Ogimachi 559
  • Shirao Shrine
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Hagiwarachounogami NARUI 1485 -
  • Rokusho Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Hagiwaracho Churo 954-ban
  • Meihaku Shrine
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Hagiwarachouosaki Simi Tsuji 941-1
  • Nishiueda Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Hagiwaracho
  • Shinmei Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Osakacho Sakore 431-ban
  • Atotsu Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Hagiwaracho
  • Yahata Shrine
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura Hatotani Minami Osa 57-ban
  • Keta Wakamiya Shrine/Company office
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Kamikita 1297
  • Morihachiman Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Mori
  • Omituinari
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Hagiwarachoujouro
  • Shiogama Kanekiyo Shrine
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    Gifu Hida-shi Miyagawacho Shioya
  • Soshino Hachiman Shrine
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    Gifu Gero-shi Kanayamacho Soshino
  • Otsu Shrine
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    Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Funatsu 1799-5

Gifu Areas

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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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