Last Updated: Sep 19, 2023
Furumine Shrine
A Locale in Tochigi that Honors the Tengu
Note: This article was first written during the second year of the pandemic. The info about the destination is still solid though….
As I sit down to write this article at a Starbucks in Tokyo, it’s finally the first day of 2021. In all honesty, the city feels a bit like a ghost town as many residents are out in the countryside visiting their loved ones. Though we’re only a day into the new year, and the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic looms ever-large, I am happy to have the worst 365-days in recent history behind me. Alas, there remains a number of places that I visited last year that still deserve their own standalone pieces. So, in the interest of crossing off 2020 once and for all, today we’re going to take a look at Tochigi Prefecture’s Furumine Shrine.
If you’ve never heard of Furumine Shrine, know that you are definitely not alone. While located a mere stone’s throw from the popular spiritual enclave of Nikko, few foreign and Japanese travelers make the trek to Furumine Shrine. In fact, it was only last year when doing bucket list research that I stumbled upon this hidden gem. The…
