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Our guide
Yahiko Shrine, also known as Iyahiko Shrine, stands at the eastern foot of Mount Yahiko, a sacred 634 m mountain that is itself the shrine's object of worship. It is one of three shrines that claim to be the ichinomiya, the leading shrine, of the old province of Echigo, and it lies within the Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park. It is popularly regarded as a “power spot” for love and good fortune, and its annual festival is on 2 February.
Yahiko Station on the Yahiko Line is about 1 km away in a straight line. Iwamuro Onsen is about 4.1 km off.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Iyahiko-jinja 1 — Kakidai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Funayama-jinja (Iyahiko-jinja) — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 13 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 12 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 07 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 05 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 04 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 06 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 03 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Daidaikagura at Yahiko jinjya 02 — Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Yahiko jinja (弥彦神社), also known as Iyahiko-jinja, is a Shinto shrine in the Yahiko neighborhood of the village of Yahiko, Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three shrines which claim the title of ichinomiya of former Echigo Province. The shrine's annual festival is held on February 2. This shrine standing at the foot of a mountain is popularly and traditionally known as a power spot for love and good fortune. The shrine is located within Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park and is on the eastern base of Mount Yahiko, a 634-meter sacred mountain which forms the shintai of the shrine.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-05 · 御祈祷（御祓）｜御祈祷・ご参拝｜越後一宮 彌彦神社
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Yahiko (Yahiko Line), about 1000 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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