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Hokkaido Jingu
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 the three deities of land development.
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HokkaidoShrines & TemplesHakodate
Hakodate Hachimangu
Southern Hokkaido was tied to Honshu early on by the kitamaebune trade and the herring fishery. The shrine's history follows that.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesEsashi
Ubagami Daijingu
Said to be among the oldest shrines in Hokkaido. It is bound up with life in Esashi, which the herring boom sustained.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesObihiro
Obihiro Jinja
A shrine that grew with the opening of the Tokachi plain. Ezo squirrels are often seen in its grounds.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesAbashiri
Abashiri Jinja
Guardian of the Okhotsk fisheries. It enshrines the three Munakata goddesses, showing that sea worship reached the northern edge of the country.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesAsahikawa
Kamikawa Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Asahikawa. It sits on Kaguraoka hill, tied to the history of the tondenhei settler-soldiers.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesSetana
Otasan Jinja
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.
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Hokkaido Gokoku Jinja
Enshrined at Asahikawa as guardian of the northern defences. Linked to the tondenhei settler-soldiers.
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Hokkaido Jingu Tongu
A place of distant worship set up in the city centre for those unable to climb to the main shrine on Maruyama in winter.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesOtaru
Otaru Sumiyoshi Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Otaru. It grew as the port town prospered.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesShari
Shari Jinja
Standing at the gateway to Shiretoko. It has long watched over the Okhotsk fisheries.
Sapporo
Hokkaido Daijingu
Its deity was invited from Ise. It shows how far faith spread during the settlement years.
Nemuro
Kotohira Jinja
Said to have been founded by Takadaya Kahei. Guardian of the northern fisheries.
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HokkaidoShrines & TemplesKushiro
Itsukushima Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Kushiro. A sea deity invited from Itsukushima in Aki.
Toyako
Toyako Hachiman Jinja
The shrine of a land that has lived through eruption after eruption of Mount Usu.
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HokkaidoShrines & TemplesMatsumae
Matsumae Jinja
Enshrines Takeda Nobuhiro, founder of the Matsumae clan. It stands in the only castle town in Hokkaido.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesHakodate
Hokkaido Toshogu
A Toshogu built by the Hakodate magistrate's office to display the authority of the shogunate.
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Sapporo Fushimi Inari Jinja
Vermilion torii line the foot of Mount Moiwa. The deity was invited from Fushimi.
Biratori
Nibutani Chinomisir
Places where the Ainu have long offered prayer. There is no shrine building; the mountain and the river themselves are what is revered.