Address: 113-1 Ota, Echizen-chu014D, Nyu016B-gun, Fukui-ken 916-0215, Japan
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Tsurugi Shrine Videos
Tsurugi-jinja Shrine/Kami (gods)spots
Produced by Fukui Prefectural Kami (gods) spot promotion association, GEN Japan
[English subtitled] Tsurugi-jinja Shrine is in Ota, Echizen-cho in Fukui Prefecture and it has long history since before the Nara period (710-794). This area is as known as the place of origin of the Oda clan. Oda clan was a family of a feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner in the mid 16th century.
Since the ancestors of the Oda clan were Shinto priests, Nobunaga Oda (1534-1582) who was a powerful feudal lord of Japan in the late 16th century strongly believed and protected Tsurugi Shrine as a guardian spirit.