Overview
A shrine in Nagaoka, moved here about 1820, with followers throughout Japan.
About this place
Hotokusan Inari Taisha is a shrine in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Its shrine buildings and torii gates are large, made of steel pipe with a special paint finish. It has an inner shrine on top of the mountain, with the main hall at the mountain foot above it, and a main shrine on the inner shrine side. After the night festival rite, the main shrine is not used until spring, and the inner shrine a little below is used instead.
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[New Year's first shrine visit] Usual number of visitors: about 35,000 [Hours for receiving a goshuin (temple/shrine stamp)] 6:00-18:00 [Goshuin fee] 300 yen
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