Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine

Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine

Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine (報徳二宮神社) is a Japanese Shinto shrine dedicated to Ninomiya Sontoku (二宮尊徳) and is located in the City of Odawara in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.

History

Ninomiya Sontoku was born in the village Kayama (栢山) in Odawara. And as for the great agricultural work he did in his lifetime and his moral and ethical teachings, the Hōtoku Association founded the Shrine in April 1894 (明治27).

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Coordinates: 35°15′00″N 139°09′10″E / 35.2500°N 139.1528°E / 35.2500; 139.1528

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