Togakushi Jinja Hokosha, Nagano

I stopped here at the end of the Tour of Togakushi Five Shrines. I walked along the approach near 4 kilometers round-trip by the visit of Okusha, and I went up and down the stone steps in Nakasha, so my legs are quite painful. Place your car in the parking lot where about 15 cars can be parked and proceed to the stone steps of the approach. After passing the torii gate and passing between Shiba Inu, purifying yourself at Tesuisha, nearly 300 steep steps are waiting for you. There is a large precinct, and on the right there is a mikoshi warehouse with two splendid mikoshi. If you visit the shrine and turn to the left, there is a company office, and you will receive a seal here. There are few people who visit here, too, and it is a quiet Shrine.

Looking up from the torii gate, there are nearly 300 long steep stone steps leading to the shrine. You can only see the roof a little ahead of it. When I reached the precincts out of breath, it was a quiet shrine surrounded by many cedar trees.