Motonosumi Shrine

The shrine stands on a basalt cape with sea-eroded terrain.
The 123 vermilion torii gates stand in a row for more than 100 meters, creating a beautiful contrast between the red of the torii gates, the blue of the Sea of Japan, and the green of the surrounding vegetation.

In the sea-eroded cave below the cliff, visitors can see the “tidal blast of Ryugu,” a phenomenon in which seawater blows up high with the air inside whenever rough waves crash against the cave.

A local netter erected the shrine privately in 1955 after a fox appeared at his bedside and told him that he would be able to see it.

The money-offering box, which is said to be “the hardest to put in in Japan,” is located in the upper center of the grand gate (about 5 meters high) near the exit of the back approach to the shrine, and it is said that if you can successfully throw money into the box, your wish will come true.