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From JR Takasaki Station take the Shinetsu Line to Matsuida Station, then a taxi for about 10 minutes. You can also come by taxi from JR Isobe Station, about 15 minutes.

Charms and goshuin seals are given at the shrine office. Please check the official website or the shrine office for the opening hours.

Yes. It stood in for Kuramadera in the NHK drama Yoshitsune (2005), and scenes set at Untoan were filmed here for Tenchijin (2009). The 165 stone steps make a striking location.

There are weeping cherry trees more than 200 years old along the approach, usually at their best in early April. Ukon cherry, with double yellow blossom, also flowers, so a spring visit is especially recommended.

In autumn, usually from late October to early November, the grounds are coloured by autumn leaves, and with the strange rock forms of Mount Myogi the scenery is magnificent. It is as popular a season as the spring cherry blossom.

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto, Toyouke no Okami, Sugawara no Michizane and Gon-dainagon Nagachika are enshrined here. In the Edo period the shrine was deeply revered by successive Tokugawa shoguns.

The view from the east side of the Goten (the former imperial residence) is superb, and by keeping the planting in the front garden low it takes in the whole Kanto plain as borrowed scenery. It is well worth seeing for anyone who loves gardens.

Visiting the grounds is free and possible at any time. The Treasure Hall and Goten (the former imperial residence) are open 9:00-17:00 (except 20 December to 10 January), at 200 yen for adults and junior high school age and above and 100 yen for elementary school children (160 yen and 80 yen respectively for groups of 30 or more).

It is an ancient shrine said to have been founded in 537, and the centre of worship of Mount Myogi, one of the three mountains of Joshu. It is widely known for good fortune, business prosperity, protection from fire, learning, matchmaking, and farming and sericulture. Many of the buildings in the grounds, including the main and worship halls, are designated national Important Cultural Properties.

Six buildings are designated national Important Cultural Properties, including the vermilion Somon gate (12 m high, a gabled eight-legged gate), the Karamon gate and the main shrine (honden, heiden and haiden). The main shrine is in the gongen-zukuri style with lavish carvings, earning it the name the Nikko of Joshu. The grounds also hold the Yatate cedar, a national Natural Monument.

Please use the free car park at Michi-no-Eki Myogi (the Myogi Products Centre). Myogi Shrine is a short walk from there.

6 Myogi, Myogi Town, Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture

Parking is available. Please check the official information for details.

Visiting the grounds is free. Treasure Hall and Goten: adults and junior high school age and above 200 yen (groups 160 yen), elementary school children 100 yen (groups 80 yen).

The grounds are open every day. The Treasure Hall and other buildings close from 20 December to 10 January.

Treasure Hall and Goten (the former imperial residence): 9:00-17:00 (except 20 December to 10 January). The shrine grounds can be visited at any time.

About 10 minutes by taxi from Matsuida Station on the JR Shinetsu Main Line, or about 5 minutes by car from Matsuida-Myogi IC on the Kan-Etsu and Joshin-etsu Expressways.