Takayama Inari Shrine

What it is

• Dedicated to bountiful harvests, maritime safety, and business prosperity.
• Founded between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.
• Enshrines Ukanomitama-no-mikoto, Satahiko-no-mikoto, and Omiyanome-no-mikoto.
• A memorial for victims of the 1889 Chessborough shipwreck.

What to see

• A large torii gate marks the entrance.
• A hall for worship.
• A path lined with a thousand torii gates.
• Located on land about 22 meters above sea level.
• Near Shichiri Nagahama.

Getting there

• A 30-minute drive from Goshogawara Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.