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A shrine on Mount Kasuga in Joetsu, built in 1901 and honouring Uesugi Kenshin.
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A shrine in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, which enshrines Uesugi Kenshin, with the deity's spirit divided from Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture. It was founded in Meiji 34 (1901) by Ogawa Sumiharu, the father of the children's story writer Ogawa Mimei. The neighboring Kasugayama Shrine Memorial Hall displays Kenshin's relics and materials, and there are also a stone monument of a poem by Ogawa Mimei and stone statues themed on his fairy tales.
Source niigata-kankou.or.jp ↗Verification notes
[New Year's first visit] Usual number of worshippers: about 7,000
Source niigata-kankou.or.jp ↗Official website
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