Nagata Shrine

Nagata Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Japan. At Nagata, Kotoshironushi-no-Okami is enshrined. The shrine is associated with Amaterasu, who is said to have told Empress Jingū that a shrine was wanted at Nagata.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Nagata jinja”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kōsoku Nagata Station and Nagata.

Kōsoku Nagata Station

Railway station

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Kōsoku Nagata Station is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Kōsoku Nagata Station is situated 590 metres southeast of Nagata Shrine.

Nagata

Railway stop

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Nagata Station is a railway station in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from the nearby Nagata Shrine. Nagata is situated 500 metres southeast of Nagata Shrine.

Nagata High School

School

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Nagata High School is situated 310 metres southwest of Nagata Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suma-ku and Hyogo-ku.

Suma-ku

Suburb

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Suma is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan.

Hyogo-ku

Suburb

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Hyogo is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 14.68 km2 and a population of 109,144. The area's location with a natural harbour near the Akashi Strait which links Osaka Bay and the Seto inland sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan.