Hijiri Shrine

Overview

Hijiri Shrine stands at the western edge of the Gyotoku district in Tottori City, and locals fondly call it Hijiri-san. It faces the old Shikano Okan highway that once linked Tottori Castle and Shikano Castle, at the point where the road meets the Sendai River. Most of the shopping district in central Tottori are its parishioners, and every two years a grand festival sends portable shrines and stalls in procession, marking it as a venerable shrine deeply rooted in the town.

Highlights

• ●An Edo-period main hall designated a protected cultural property of Tottori Prefecture
• ●A historic presence chosen among the prefecture's Hundred Selected Buildings
• ●A lush sacred grove designated a preservation forest by Tottori City
• ●The shinko procession designated an intangible folk cultural property

History

The shrine's main hall, built in the Edo period, is designated a protected cultural property of Tottori Prefecture and was chosen among the prefecture's Hundred Selected Buildings. Its sacred grove is a preservation forest of Tottori City, and the shinko procession held every other year is designated an intangible folk cultural property of the prefecture. Its position at the meeting point of castle town, highway and river tells the story of the long devotion the shrine has drawn.

Map

35.5000, 134.2201 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Stroll the central Tottori shopping district and feel the parishioner town
2. 2Visit Hijiri Shrine along the old Shikano Okan and view the hall and grove
3. 3Reflect in the precincts on the history of the beloved Hijiri-san
4. 4Walk along the nearby Sendai River and enjoy the castle town waterside

Did you know?

💡 Locals refer to both the shrine and its festival together as Hijiri-san, a name woven into daily life. The bond of having most of the castle-town shopping district as parishioners shows that this is not a mere historic site but a living center of ritual to this day.

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