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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.
NiigataShrines & TemplesIt enshrines Uesugi Kenshin. Built on the site of his castle at Kasugayama, it also keeps the Bishamondo where Kenshin worshipped Bishamonten.
Sado has a history of religious figures such as Nichiren being exiled here, and it holds a stratum of belief unlike the mainland.
The tutelary shrine of Niigata, at the heart of a port town that opened out at the mouth of the Shinano river.
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NiigataShrines & TemplesAt 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.
NiigataShrines & TemplesThe only five-storey pagoda on Sado, said to be modelled on the pagoda at Nikko Tosho-gu.
A provincial temple was established on the island, proof that Sado mattered from early times.
The tutelary shrine of a kitamaebune port of call. Many votive ship paintings have been dedicated here.
NiigataShrines & TemplesIt enshrines the Makino, lords of the Nagaoka domain, and is known for the cherry blossom of Yukyuzan Park.
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NiigataShrines & TemplesIt enshrines the Naito, lords of the Murakami domain. The centre of a castle town and a salmon town.
NiigataShrines & TemplesA thatched hall standing deep in the mountains, an Important Cultural Property.
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NiigataShrines & TemplesOne of the shrines claiming to be first of Echigo Province. It stands near where Shinran came ashore.
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NiigataShrines & TemplesThe tutelary shrine of Shibata, known for its daiwa float festival.
The tutelary shrine of Ojiya chijimi country, and of a place that holds bull-locking contests.