Fukui Shrine and what’s a Shinto shrine?

Fukui Shrine1

November/14/2020

Fukui Shrine has three characteristics.

  1. It’s dedicated to Matsudaira Shungaku.
  2. It’s a very modern Shinto shrine.
  3. There’s a ginkgo tree there that’s a symbol of Fukui.

Fukui Shrine, which is dedicated to Matsudaira Shungaku, was built in 1943. Matsudaira Shungaku (1828-1890) was one of the most famous feudal lords of the Fukui clan. He was known as one of the four remarkable Japanese feudal lords of the end of the Edo period(1603-1868). You can see a statue of him to the left of the main building of the shrine. read more