[2025 Hida Attraction] Travel Guide for Keta Wakamiya Shrine (Updated Mar)

From the JR station, it's a straight road to the shrine At the end of the road is Keta Wakamiya Shrine, and you can see the torii gate standing in front of the mountain from afar The shrine is hidden among towering sacred trees, and it was once called Sugimoto Daijingu, giving it a mysterious and solemn atmosphere The view on the way up to the shrine is excellent, offering a panoramic view of the entire Hida Furukawa town Additionally, Keta Wakamiya Shrine is believed to be the inspiration for the shrine where the heroine and her sister served as shrine maidens in Makoto Shinkai's 'Your Name' It's a 15-minute walk from the JR station, and the road is wide and easy to walk~ 📍Address: 1297 Furukawacho Kamikita, Hida, Gifu 509-4212

#Snowscape2024 Keta Wakamiya Shrine, overlooking the downtown area of ​​Furukawa-cho, is a shrine whose parishioners include the entire downtown area and is widely revered by the public as a special shrine. The Furukawa Festival (held every April 19th and 20th), registered as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO, is the annual festival of this shrine. When you reach the top of the stone steps of the approach to the shrine, there is a giant tree to the left of the front worship hall. This is the sacred tree, a large sawtooth oak tree, the top of which was broken off due to a lightning strike in the Meiji era. Address 1297 Kamiketa, Furukawa-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu Prefecture Access 14 minutes walk from JR Hida-Furukawa Station

#FuriTabi #GifuTourism #YourName The Hida-Furukawa area is the area in Gifu prefecture where the sacred sites of "Your Name" are concentrated. Hida-Furukawa Station appears in the scene where the main character, Taki, goes to meet Mitsuha. The platform seen from the overpass on the west side of the station also appears in the movie.