Ecchu Province Ichinomiya
Takase Jinja
高瀬神社
Takase Jinja is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Ecchu Province, in present-day Toyama. It has a car park (about 90 spaces), free. Opening hours end at 16:30 (prayer-rite desk). Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on September 13 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Imizu Jinja, 21 km to the north in a straight line.
Getting there
富山県南砺市高瀬291
The address is given in Japanese on purpose. Show it to a taxi driver, or copy it into a car navigation system — an English transliteration will not be recognised.
For a car navigation system
- Phone
- Japanese car navigation searches by phone number. This is the fastest way to enter a destination.
- Coordinates
- Derived from the address down to the street number, via Japan's national mapping agency. Not a survey of the hall itself
- Address
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By train and bus
The primary sources we checked describe the way here only by car, not by public transport.
Parking
It has a car park (about 90 spaces), free.
This routes you to the car park, not to the hall. From this car park to the hall is about 70 m in a straight line (the walk is longer).
すべて無料。元日は交通規制があり無料シャトルバスが運行される
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Shrine office hours
Opening hours end at 16:30 (prayer-rite desk).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
祈祷受付 9:00-16:30（年中無休）。正月は1月1日〜節分まで 9:00-16:30、元旦のみ 0:00-18:00
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Visiting the 5 ichinomiya in Toyama in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- According to the shrine's tradition, it was established in the age of the gods, or in the 11th year of Emperor Keiko.
- Founding
- Legend says Onamuchi enshrined his guardian deity here while ruling Hokuriku, then left his own spirit and returned to Izumo.
- History
- The shrine fell into ruin in the Warring States period but gradually recovered through the reverence of the Maeda lords.
Summarised from the shrine's own website (高瀬神社のご案内 | 高瀬神社, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Onamuchi-no-Mikoto 大国主大神 17 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Amenoikutama-no-Kami 天活玉命 also enshrined
- Isotakeru-no-Mikoto 五十猛命 also enshrined 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Spelling as given by the shrine's own website.
Goshuin (shrine seal)
- Available
- Yes
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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9月13日 例祭～大祭～
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 春季祭～大祭～
- 4月10日
- 祈年穀祭～大祭～
- 6月10日
- 人形感謝祭
- 海の日前の日曜日
- 除熱祭
- 土用の三番
- 村祭り
- 10月第1日曜日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Imizu Jinja, about 21 km to the north in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Keta Jinja (27 km north) and Shirayamahime Jinja (32 km south-west).
Straight-line distances between the shrines, not road distances. Across mountains or water, the drive is much longer.
Why this shrine is called an ichinomiya
Claimed by the shrine
The shrine itself uses the title, but does not name the historical document it rests on.
Listed on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association.
The shrine’s own website puts “Ecchu ichinomiya” in front of its name. No documentary grounds for its being the ichinomiya are given.
- https://www.takase.or.jp/guide.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- 全国一の宮巡拝会『全国一の宮神社所在地』（平成30年5月・改訂版 第4版） (checked 2026-09-09)
More on how the shrines of this province relate to one another is on the Ecchu Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Ecchu Province (Hokurikudō)
- Prefecture
- Toyama
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kokuhei Chūsha
Sources
- https://www.takase.or.jp/guide.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.takase.or.jp/faq.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.takase.or.jp/shinnen.html (checked 2026-09-09)
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