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, also known as Iyahiko-jinja is the Japanese Shinto shrine in Yahiko, Niigata. It is located at the eastern base of Mount Yahiko in the middle of Sado Yahiko Quasi-National Park.〔Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), ( "Mt. Yahiko Area" ); retrieved 2012-10-24.〕 ==History== Yahiko shrine was already well established when a new building was created by Imperial edict in the 8th century.〔( Yahiko Village website ), ("Sightseeing Information--Yahiko Shrine" ); retrieved 2012-10-24.〕 The enshrined ''kami'' is * who is said to have taught people how to produce salt from seawater.〔JNTO, ("Yahiko-jinja Shrine" ); Kotodamaya.com, ("Yahiko Jinja" ); retrieved 2012-10-24.〕 Yahiko was one of the chief Shinto shrines (''ichinomiya'') of the old Echigo Province. It serves today as one of the ''ichinomiya'' of Niigata Prefecture. 〔("Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 2 ); retrieved 2012-3-13.〕 The present shrine was rebuilt in 1916. The earlier shrine buildings were destroyed by a 1912 fire which started in the village.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yahiko-jinja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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