Futarasan Shrine

Nikko's tourism office traces the shrine to Shodo Shonin, who opened the mountains here more than 1,200 years ago. It worships Mt. Nantai, which the shrine calls Futarasan, as its deity, and it was long the first shrine of the old Shimotsuke province. Today many visitors come to pray for a good match.

The Shinkyo bridge across the Daiya River at the entrance to the shrine precinct belongs to Futarasan, and the shrine sits inside the World Heritage Shrines and Temples of Nikko. The World Heritage loop bus stops at Taiyuin and Futarasan-jinja-mae, about 15 minutes from the stations.