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Overview
Its 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.
About this place
Yahiko jinja (弥彦神社), also known as Iyahiko-jinja, is a Shinto shrine in the Yahiko neighborhood of the village of Yahiko, Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three shrines which claim the title of ichinomiya of former Echigo Province. The shrine's annual festival is held on February 2. This shrine standing at the foot of a mountain is popularly and traditionally known as a power spot for love and good fortune. The shrine is located within Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park and is on the eastern base of Mount Yahiko, a 634-meter sacred mountain which forms the shintai of the shrine.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded：Unknown (appears in the Manyoshu) Shrine rank：Ichinomiya of Echigo Province Blessings：Agriculture, Good fortune, Mountain worship
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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