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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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Kamikawa Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Asahikawa. It sits on Kaguraoka hill, tied to the history of the tondenhei settler-soldiers.
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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.
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Shari Jinja
Standing at the gateway to Shiretoko. It has long watched over the Okhotsk fisheries.
Toyako
Toyako Hachiman Jinja
The shrine of a land that has lived through eruption after eruption of Mount Usu.