[2025 Utsunomiya Attraction] Travel Guide for Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine (Updated Apr)

[Access] About 18 minutes walk from Utsunomiya Station on the Shonan Shinjuku Line and Shinkansen About 5 minutes by bus from the west exit of Utsunomiya Station [Points] ~Make sure to visit when sightseeing in Utsunomiya!~ Futarasan Shrine is a shrine with a long history. It is said that many festivals in Utsunomiya originate from Futarasan Shrine. During cherry blossom season, you can see beautiful cherry blossoms halfway up the stairs. *Information as of March 2023.

I've put together 7 great spots that I actually visited on my trip to Tochigi! 🥰 ① #Nikko Toshogu Shrine ② #Kegon Falls ③ #Otani Museum ④ #Utsunomiya Gyoza ⑤ #Utsunomiya Futaarasan Shrine ⑥ #Tobu World Square ⑦ #Nasu Kogen Rindoko Family Farm I hope this will be helpful for your trip to Tochigi✨ #Tochigi #Tochigi Trip #Tochigi Tourism

#Utsunomiya I visited on December 31st. After having dinner with a friend in Utsunomiya, I went there to make my final visit of the year. It wasn't crowded because it was New Year's Eve, but I was surprised that there were still quite a few visitors. Located exactly halfway between JR Utsunomiya Station and Tobu Utsunomiya Station, this shrine, symbolized by its brown torii gate, would like to visit again.

Nikko Moriyama Shrine is a shrine standing in the mountain of Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The official name is the second mountain shrine (). However, in order to communicate with the second idyllic mountain community in Utsunomiya City, the name of the place is often added, which is called "Nikko Ekiyama Shrine". This shrine was founded in the first year of the Shenhuo Jingyun (767). The style of the shrine's architectural structure is the right-made style of stone-based wooden structure. The main worship of the gods is the three mountain gods of Nikko: Dajigui, Tianxinji, and Miyoshi Gaoyan, collectively known as the Great God of the Second Mountain (the sacred god was given to the "Five Five" in 836, and in 869 Was given to the "two ranks" of God.) Because the shrine is adjacent to the Toshogu Shrine, and is also located in the foothills of Nikko Lianshan, according to the "local slogan" derived from the fusion of Japanese Shintoism and Buddhism, the mountain god of the Mt. "Everything is expensive," also stands for "Avalokitesvara"; the mountain god of Fungfeng Mountain is "Tian Xin Ji Ming", which also stands for "Amitabha"; the mountain god of Taro Mountain is "Miso Yanhiko" and also stands for "Ma Tau" Guanyin." The routine ceremony day is April 17th of each year, and it is also the day of the Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is said that the entire Utsunomiya is built around the Wakayama Shrine. The shrine is the city center. The shrine is free, but if you want to go in, you have to climb a long staircase. In Japan, the shrine stairs should go on both sides. It is said that the middle is for the gods.

When you think of Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, you think of gyoza! It's a city, but there is a shrine in Utsunomiya where you can draw gyoza fortunes✨This time, I will introduce "Futarasan Shrine"✨ To get to this shrine, you need to go up a long flight of stairs, but once you get over that, you will arrive at the main shrine◎ The gyoza fortune is picked up using chopsticks! (Innovative) It's rare to see fortunes like this‼︎ Inside the fortune there is also a small gyoza, which you can use as a charm🔮 🥟Spot name: Utsunomiya Futarasan Shrine 📍Location: 1-1-1 Babadori, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture 🚉Access: ・5 minutes by bus from the west exit of JR Utsunomiya Station ・15 minutes on foot from Tobu Utsunomiya Station #Domestic travel #Tochigi #0 yen trip February 2025

Utsunomiya is also full of tourist attractions and has a lot to see! First of all, Otani-ji Temple is famous for being able to see white snakes, and it is enveloped in a mysterious atmosphere 🌀 The Heiwa Kannon is also a spot not to be missed, and you will be overwhelmed by the size of the Kannon statue! In addition, Futarasan Shrine has an interesting fortune-telling slip, and a small gyoza charm will come out of the gyoza-shaped fortune-telling slip 🥟 At Otani Kannon, you can be moved by the powerful Kannon statue and spend a relaxing time 💫 When you visit Utsunomiya, you can enjoy a fascinating place where history and modernity are fused together! 📍Location: Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture #0 yen trip February 2025

This shrine is located about a 10-minute walk from Tobu Utsunomiya Station. It is crowded with people making their first visit of the year at the beginning of the year, and there are many stalls set up around the area. The impressive torii gate is the landmark. Festivals are also held here, so it's a good idea to visit during festival season. There is a gyoza street with many gyoza restaurants nearby, and a gyoza food court-like place called Kirasse in the basement of Don Quijote opposite, so we recommend combining your visit with a gyoza-eating stroll. #DomesticTravelDiary #UtsunomiyaFutarasanShrine

#FuriTabiWinter There are two Futarasan Shrines in Tochigi Prefecture, Nikko Futarasan Shrine and Utsunomiya Futarasan Shrine The two are completely different shrines The pronunciation of the name is also different: Nikko Futarasan Shrine is "Futarasanjinja" and Utsunomiya Futarasan Shrine is "Futarayamajinja" To distinguish it from Nikko Futarasan Shrine, it is called "Utsunomiya Futarasan Shrine" after the place where it is located As for the founding, Nikko Futarasan Shrine is said to have been in 767 Utsunomiya Futarasan Shrine is said to have started in 353 during the Kofun period, when Narawake no Kimi, the Shimotsuke no Kuni no Miyatsuko, enshrined his ancestor Toyokiirihiko no Mikoto as the clan deity #Tochigi #TochigiTrip #TochigiTourism #Utsunomiya #DomesticTrip #GirlsTrip #SoloTrip #Temples &Shrines

Futaarayama Shrine is the Ichinomiya of Shimotsuke Province, located in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. It is pronounced "Futaarayama Jinja". The deities worshipped are Toyokiirihiko-no-Mikoto, Omononushi-no-Mikoto, and Kotoshironushi-no-Mikoto. Toyokiirihiko-no-Mikoto is the first son of the 10th Emperor Sujin. He is worshipped as the ancestral deity and chief tutelary deity of the region that developed Kenokuni Province (Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture). The shrine is located on a hilltop, accessible by passing through a large torii gate and climbing up stone steps. Oya stone was used to build the shrine's stone walls during the Edo period, and you can still see the stone walls today. There is also a unique dumpling 🥟 fortune-telling service, which you can pick up with chopsticks 🥢! ✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼ ꕥShrine name: Futarasan Shrine ꕥAddress: 1-1-1 Babadori, Utsunomiya, Tochigi ꕥAccess 🚉Utsunomiya Station →🚶♀️About 26 minutes on foot ✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼••┈┈┈┈••✼ #besttrip2023 #UtsunomiyaFutarasanShrine #ShrineTour #ShrinesTemples #TouristSightseeing