Some nice areas like a small island surrounded by water - saw a cat walk across a stepping stone and did nighttime photography. Easy to get to, but not a key attraction. Worth checking out if you're passing by.

The shrine is beautiful with very nice wooden painting and carving on the entire building. It can get very crowded during the new year week. There are a lot of street food stalls during this time. Some traditional Japanese Shinto ceremonies are also carried out around this time.

Colorful yet had a very good vibe, despite not being that big. They sell omikujis with special ink so that when you get them in the water they become readable.

I came here to pray for safe from Covid-19. This shrine is famous for its carvings. The most famous one is the Dragon chained to the shrine carved by Hidari Jingoro.

I was in Chichibu for the night festival. This event was organized by the jinja. There were fireworks and parade with music and dance. It was an enjoyable and interesting event.

A beautiful shrine and a fanous place for UNESCO Chichibu Night Festival.

Very good location with an interesting history. The monkeys illustrated here have the opposite positive meaning to those in Nikko - instead of see/speak/hear no evil, they encourage people to see/speak/hear good

Very nice shrine located in the middle of chichibu. It's within walking distance of everything major in town. Parking is available at the shrine but limited in the surrounding area.

One of the 3 main shrines in chichibu as well as Hometown of the Chichibu distillery which is famous for their whisky!

A beautiful and calm shrine. This is one of the most famous spots in Chichibu area.

The place was so amazing!

The main building is currently under renovation thus unable to see - September 2022.

I was there today with the Japanese part of my family. The shrine is currently being restored. As my son was praying, a worker upstairs poured a bucket of water on me. I don't want to judge whether it was stupidity or otherwise motivated, but he didn't apologize, which is also a statement.

Have a decent visiting for good atmosphere of Zen shrine and good walking street food outside in the front.

A lot of shrines seem very similar to me but this one is worth a visit. After you buy your omikuji fortune paper, you dip it in a pond to reveal the fortune. I really enjoyed this! Also, the charms at the shrine are very cute. I will go back come the new year to buy one for myself and my friends. Lastly, it’s worth it to go on December 3rd for the night festival (UNESCO). The fireworks and the floats are beautiful. It is very cold though so stay warm.

Beautiful shrine, one of the nicest I've seen. It is detailed decorated and surrounded by trees

It was nice n easy, if you are going to pray it's not a vast journey. If you are touring, not so much worth your efforts

One of the 3 famous shrines in Chichibu (i.e. Mitsumine Shrine, Chichibu Shrine, Hodosan Shrine). Most people knows the "Three Monkey" sculptures at Nikko Toshogu, embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". However, only few know there is another version of "Three Monkey" as opposed to that of Nikko Toshogu, embodying "Listen Well, Observe Carefully, and Talk to prevent fights". Besides, there were also sculptures like "Child Treasure Child-rearing Tiger" and "Bridging Dragon" made by famous sculptor Hidari Jingoro