Kanazu Jinja in Awara City and the nationally renowned Awara Hot Spring resort. Kanazu Jinja has long been venerated as the guardian shrine of the Awara-Kanazu area and stands alongside the hot spring as a symbol of the region. Awara Onsen is celebrated as Hokuriku's finest hot spring resort; since the springs were discovered in the Meiji era, countless travelers have visited. Kanazu Jinja, enshri…

Kanazu Jinja has long been enshrined as the community guardian shrine of Awara City (formerly Kanazu Town). Awara Onsen began in 1883 when a hot spring gushed forth during farm work, and since then it has developed as the 'inner parlor of Hokuriku.' The atmospheric hot-spring town lined with ryokan …