Last Updated: May 3, 2024

Ibaraki’s Oiwa Shrine

A Hidden Gem Up in Hitachi City

This story was originally published on donnykimball.com and has been syndicated here on Medium.

Welcome back to another off-of-the-beaten-path adventure in Japan. This time, we’ll be taking a look at Oiwa Shrine. Located up in the northernmost part of Ibaraki Prefecture, this sanctum has existed deep in the mountains of the Hitachi Alps since ancient times. Considered to be one of Japan’s so-called…