Hakusan Jinja
📍 Fukui, Hakusan-cho 1-1-1 · Katsuyama, Katsuyama
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
9:00–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Available
Pre-written
Available
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
The Hakusan Jinja of Katsuyama is a shrine of Hakusan worship, with the sacred Mount Hakusan as its kami body. With Hakusan Hime no Okami as the enshrined deity, it is a venerable shrine that has gathered the faith of local people since ancient times. Mount Hakusan is a sacred mountain spanning the three provinces of Echizen, Kaga, and Mino, and its divine power is widely known. It is especially revered as a protective kami for women, and has been loved for its benefits of matchmaking, safe childbirth, and household harmony. Within the grounds filled with the pure essence of the mountains, one can feel the warm divine protection of the Hakusan deity.
Benefits
matchmakingsafe childbirthhousehold harmonywarding off evilgood fortune and prosperityprotection of womenbusiness prosperity