Kehi Jingu Shrine
This ancient shrine enshrines Emperor Chuai and six other deities, and is known as the “First Shrine of Echizen” and the “Guardian Deity of the Hokuriku Region.” The grand torii gate, said to have been built from driftwood that washed ashore from Sado Island, is one of the “Three Great Wooden Torii Gates of Japan”—alongside those at Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima and Kasuga Taisha in Nara—and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property.
Volume 7 of *The Tale of the Heike*, titled “The Battle of Shinohara,” records that Kiso Yoshichika donated land to the Kehi Jingu Shrine.
The "Chronicles of Yoshitsune" states that Minamoto no Yoshitsune "traveled down to the port of Tsuruga and offered prayers all night before the Kibitsu Bosatsu" (Reference: History of Fukui Prefecture).
Information
- Telephone Number Details
- Kehi Jingu Shrine Office
0770-22-0794 - Address (in Japanese)
- 福井県敦賀市曙町11-68
- Opening Hours
- 6:00 AM–5:00 PM (October–March), 5:00 AM–5:00 PM (April–September)
- Closed
- Open every day
- Getting There
- From JR Tsuruga Station, take the community bus (Matsubara Line, Higashiura Line, Jogu Line, Kanayama Line, or Yamakumonmyo Line) and get off at "Kehi Jingu-mae" / From JR Tsuruga Station, take the "Gurutto Tsuruga Sightseeing Bus" and get off at "Kehi Jingu" / About a 10-minute drive from the Tsuruga Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway
- Car Park
- Yes
- Car Park: Available Spots
- 100
- Parking Space for Large Buses
- 10
- Website
