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Mitsumine Shrine

A Shrine in Chichibu that Honors Wolves

Donny Kimball
11 min readJul 17, 2018

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A statue of a wolf at Chichibu’s Mitsumine Shrine in Saitama Prefecture

Today we’ll be taking a look at one of my all-time favorite hidden gems that is rarely, if ever, featured in the English language media. Known as Mitsumine Shrine, this mountaintop sanctuary can be found in the densely forested ridges of western Saitama Prefecture. Situated atop the summit of the…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/