Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture

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Temples and Shrines・Buddhist Temples

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Otogodinjasouan

official name：Otoko Shrine Hermitage

English name：Otoko Shrine Hermitage

Otoko Shrine Soan

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last updated：2025.03.17

Temples and Shrines・Buddhist Temples
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Shinto Shrine・Buddhist Temple
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The place where Yoshihiro Kan's art reached its maturity The shrine office of Otoko Shrine is located at the foot of Kunikami Mountain, a place associated with Ryokan. Kunikami, in the 13th year of Bunka (1816). In 1816, when Yoshihiro was 59 years old, he moved to this shrine office of Otoko Shrine due to the decrepit condition of his hermitage and the uphill climb in the mornings and evenings. It is said that the 10 years he spent here were the mature period of Yoshihiro's art, and that he read his poems about his later years in this place. A stone monument erected in 1858 on the shrine grounds bears an inscription that touches on his circumstances: “Lifelong Sloth Risshin 謄々任天真 ”*. It is believed to be the oldest existing poetry monument of Ryokan. The hermitage was also rebuilt in 1987 and remains so to this day. Otoko” in Otoko Shrine means ‘youngest child,’ and the shrine enshrines Takemorozumi no Mikoto, the youngest son of Amaterasu Omikami and Amenokagoyama no Mikoto, the deities of Yahiko Shrine. **: “Lazy to stand for his whole life, he is to be trusted to the Lord's will.

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Name: Otoko Shrine Hermitage
Location: Domestic Land, Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture

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URL: Otoko Shrine Soan
Access: 10 minutes by car from Bunsui Station on the JR Echigo Line 30 minutes by car from Sanjo Tsubame IC on the Hokuriku Expressway.
Parking Lot: Yes

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Tsubame City Tourism Promotion Division Tourism Planning Section
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0256-77-8233
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0256-77-8306