Sakaeno yashiro

Sakaenoyashiro, also known as the Echizen Toshogu, is located in the center of Fukui City. Its origins lie in 1628, when Tokugawa Ieyasu was enshrined in a Toshogu built as the guardian shrine of Fukui Castle. In 1873, a shrine enshrining Matsudaira Hideyasu — the founding lord of Fukui domain — was established within the castle grounds and named Sakaenoyashiro by the 16th domain lord Matsudaira Yoshinaga (Shungaku), meaning 'shrine of Fukui.' The Toshogu was merged in 1874, and Yoshinaga was enshrined posthumously in 1891. The shrine buildings were entirely destroyed by wartime air raids in 1945 and the Fukui earthquake of 1948, but were subsequently rebuilt. Today the shrine is known for blessings of career advancement and academic success, standing quietly at the heart of the old castle town.