Hakusan Shrine in Itoigawa City is an ancient shrine that takes Mt. Hakusan as its sacred divine body and enshrines Kukuri-hime no Mikoto. As one of the bases of the Hakusan faith widely distributed throughout the Hokuriku region, it has long gathered deep faith from local residents. The Itoigawa area is known as a production center for jade and has been a culturally important region since ancient…

Hakusan worship began with the opening of Mt. Hakusan by the Nara-period monk Taicho Daishi and subsequently spread across the country. Hakusan Shrine in Itoigawa traces its roots to this tradition and has been venerated as a deity of agriculture and safe childbirth for the local community.