Ōshio Hachiman Shrine, Echizen

Name: Ōshio Hachiman Shrine
Address: 22-2, KunIkanecho, Echizen, Japan
Telephone: +81 778-23-8074

#2 among attractions in Echizen

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Ōshio Hachiman Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. ()

Local name: 大塩八幡宮 Established: 891 (1133 years ago)Coordinates: 35°50'57"N, 136°10'16"E

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22-2, KunIkanechoEchizen Japan

Contact

+81 778-23-8074

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Day trips

Nearby attractions include: Komaru Castle, Shinzenkōji Castle, Ōtaki Castle, Honpo Jin'ya.

4.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Komaru Castle, Echizen
121 min walk • Komaru Castle was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Echizen Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Built in the Sengoku period by Sassa Narimasa, the ruins are now a Fukui Prefectural Historic Site.
3.7 miN
Forts and castles
Shinzenkōji Castle, Echizen
95 min walk • Shinzenkōji Castle was a flatland castle located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Today, a memorial to the castle can be seen at what is now Shōgaku-ji.
6.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Ōtaki Castle
155 min walk • Ōtaki Castle was a flatland castle located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The site of the castle is now the Ōtaki Shrine, a shrine to Kawakami Gozen, the Japanese goddess of papermaking.
5.2 miN
Archaeological site
Honpo Jin'ya, Echizen
133 min walk • Honpo Jin'ya was a jin'ya located in what is now part of the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate, was the administrative center for the scattered tenryō and hatamoto holdings in Echizen province.
1.7 miSE
Town
Minamiechizen
44 min walk • Minamiechizen is a town located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2018, the town had an estimated population of 10,745 in 3,470 households and a population density of 31 persons per km². The total area of the town was 343.69 square kilometres.