Fujimoto Shrine

What it is

• Shinto shrine in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.
• Founded in 1717 as a mausoleum for Naito Nobunari.
• Enshrines Naito Nobunari and Murakami domain lords.
• Naito Nobunari was a half-brother of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

What to see

• Shrine grounds are National Historic Site, Murakami Castle Ruins.
• Current shrine buildings established in 1849.
• Buildings are Murakami City designated cultural properties.
• Shrine buildings are in Gongen-zukuri architectural style.
• Carvings by master craftsman Ariso Shusai.
• Ten portraits of successive Naito family heads.

Getting there

• About a 20-minute walk from Murakami Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.