Otaki Shrine / Okamoto Shrine — Attraction in Echizen

Beautiful old traditional wooden architecture. A very imposing type of building, standing quite tall, among the even taller trees. Presumably a very old bit of forest. The day I visited it had been raining, which added (positively) to the forest effect.

The area is tranquil and gives of an atmosphere that encourages taking it easy. It will definitely slow you down from any bustling city lifestyle.

Parking is a bit confusing, but free once you find it - it's on the south-east side, so you'll drive past the shrine initially. The place is not wheelchair-accessible as it requires climbing a flight of stairs to enter the inner shrine grounds. The paths in the outer shrine grounds can be traversed in a wheelchair without much trouble. The toilet is hard to reach on foot, and not wheelchair-accessible, but at least it's there. Entry to the inner shrine grounds...

Very nice wooden shrine with beautiful carvings of dragons. The shrine is completely surrounded by nature with tall trees.

We visited late in the afternoon and there were only 4 other people visiting the area which made the experience even better.

We did not spend a lot of time here though but it was overall a good decision to come visit it. We drove to get here and the streets were pretty narrow but eventually we got into the main road.

There is free parking on site with big signs that will...

Amazing architecture of the main shrine, with such a unique roof and intricate carvings all around. I will suggest spending some time just to observe the shrine building. The entire shrine site is well sized with a few large trees. When I was there, there was heavy rain which made some mini waterfalls on the shrine area That was pretty...