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NiigataShrines & TemplesIts deity is said to have taught the people of Echigo how to grow rice and make salt. Rice and salt: the sake and the preserved foods of this land both rest on those two. Worship here is two bows, four claps, one bow, the same form as at Izumo Taisha and Usa Jingu.
At the 634-metre summit of Mount Yahiko. The inner shrine enshrines the deity and his consort.
A stone you lift while holding your wish in mind. If it feels light, the wish is said to be granted.
NiigataNature & SceneryA view over the Echigo plain and the Japan Sea, with the inner shrine at the summit.
NiigataArt & CraftsSwords dedicated to the first shrine of Echigo, including a two-metre blade forged not to fight but to be given.