Kehi Shrine
Kehi Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Akebono-chō neighborhood of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Echizen Province.Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kehi Grand Shrine”, “Kehi Jingū”, and “Kehino Shrine”
Photo: 吉田由兵衛, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tsuruga Municipal Museum and Tsuruga Railway Museum.
Tsuruga Municipal Museum
Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tsuruga Municipal Museum is a history and folklore museum located in Tsuruga-city, Fukui Prefecture. It uses the former main branch of the Owada Bank, which was completed in 1927, as its museum facility. Tsuruga Municipal Museum is situated 570 metres west of Kehi Shrine.
Tsuruga Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tsuruga Railway Museum is situated 700 metres north of Kehi Shrine.
Kami-Warabe Washi Paper Doll Museum
Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Kami-Warabe Washi Paper Doll Museum is situated 710 metres west of Kehi Shrine.
Kehi Shrine
- Categories: jingū, Shikinaisha, shrine dedicated to Empress Jingū, Shikinai Supershrine, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tsuruga, Fukui, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.6547° or 35° 39′ 17″ northLongitude
136.07464° or 136° 4′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8Q7RM33F+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 193149244OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11129346
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Kehi Shrine” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kehi məbədi”
- Chinese: “氣比神宮”
- French: “sanctuaire de Kehi”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Kehi”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Agung Kehi”
- Japanese: “けひじんぐう”
- Japanese: “気比大神”
- Japanese: “気比神宮”
- Japanese: “気比神社 七座”
- Japanese: “気比神社”
- Japanese: “氣比神宮”
- Japanese: “越前国一宮”
- Persian: “معبد کهی”
- Russian: “Кэхи-дзингу”
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