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Hotaka Shrine

Hotaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Hotaka, Azumino, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[1][2][3][4][5] It is one of the three main shrines in Shinano Province. The Engishiki Jinmyocho describes it as a Myojin Taisha and it is now a Beppyo shrine. It is a Sōja shrine. It enshrines all the kami of the shrines in Shinano Province. Whenever a new governor of Shinano Province was appointed he would be sent to the shrine to worship all the gods of the province.[6]
Affiliation:  Shinto
Deity:  all the deities of its province, Utsushihikanasaku [ja], Watatsumi  
Type:  Sōja shrine  

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