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Kota Shrine (Niigata)

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Phone
  
+81 25-543-4354

Dedicated to
  
Ōkuninushi

Kota Shrine (Niigata)

Address
  
6 Chome-1-11 Gochi, Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture 942-0081, Japan

Similar
  
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Kota Shrine (居多神社, Kota-jinja) is the Japanese Shinto shrine in Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture.

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History

Kota was one of the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of the old Echigo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Niigata Prefecture. The enshrined kami are:

  • Ookuninushi no kami (大国主神)
  • Nunagawahime no mikoto (奴奈川姫命)
  • Takeminakata no mikoto (建御名方命)

    • Shinran found refuge at Kota-jinja when he was exiled from Kyoto in 1207.

  • List of Shinto shrines in Japan

    • References

    Kota Shrine (Niigata) Wikipedia
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