Stunning Yahiko ottori 🤩

Yahiko-ottori and shrine is the main shrine of former Echigo province and has been ruling over Niigata’s northern territory for more than 2,400 years. Nestled in a dense forest of century-old cedar trees, the Shinto site is imbued with a strong spirituality, enhanced by the view of Mount Yahiko overlooking the Sea of Japan in the background. The importance of the place is noticeable as soon as the neighboring downtown, from which stems an avenue marked by an immense and flamboyant Otorii (the third largest torii of japan), built in 1982 for the opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen line. Walking toward Yahiko-jinja, a succession of several torii gates stand to indicate the sacred and majestic character of the place into which one is walking. ##localguides