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Our guide
Nakayama Shrine, in the Ichinomiya area of the city of Tsuyama, Okayama, was the ichinomiya of the former Mimasaka Province. Its name is now read “Nakayama”, but in the past it was often called by another reading, Chūzen Jinja or Chūzen Dai-Gongen. Its main festival is held every year on 29 April.
Shūraku-en is about 3.3 km away. We have not checked a public-transport route.
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
- Nakayama Jinja 09 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja torii — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja shinmon-2 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja otabisho — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja keyaki — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja kaguraden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja honden-2 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja hokotateishi — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja haiden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Nakayama-jinja (Tsuyama) massha Soushinden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Nakayama Jinja (中山神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Mimasaka Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 29. Although the kanji of the shrine's name is now pronounced "Nakayama", in the past the shrine was often referred to by its alternative pronunciation "Chuzen Jinja" or "Chuzen Dai-Gongen".
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
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