A shrine enshrining the late-Edo agricultural reformer Ninomiya Sontoku (Kinjiro), located in Imaichi, Nikko City. Sontoku advocated Hotoku thought and devoted his life to reviving devastated farming villages. The grounds feature the famous 'Ninomiya Kinjiro statue' — the image of a boy reading while carrying firewood, a symbol of Japanese diligence. The main hall, built in 1898, stands in a tranq…

Founded in 1898 by the initiative of the Imaichi Hotoku Society to honor the virtues of Ninomiya Sontoku. Ninomiya Sontoku was born in 1787 in Kayama Village, Sagami Province (present-day Odawara City). Losing both parents young, he rose to prominence as an agricultural reformer through determined s…