Shinto shrine
Hōtoku Ninomiya Jinja
報徳二宮神社（ほうとくにのみやじんじゃ）
Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
A shrine in a corner of Odawara Castle Park. It enshrines as its kami Ninomiya Sontoku-ō, who at the end of the Edo period devoted himself to reviving many farming villages and domains.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Enshrined kami: Ninomiya Sontoku-ō
History and things to know
According to the official history, it was founded in Meiji 27 (1894) within the castle grounds of Odawara, where Sontoku was born, by the shared wish of people of Izu, Mikawa, Tōtōmi, Suruga, Kai and Sagami who revered him. In Meiji 42 the main sanctuary and offering hall were newly built, and the foundation stones of the worship hall are the foundation stones of the rice storehouse in the castle that he opened during the great Tenpō famine.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Before you visit
For security reasons, the shrine cannot be visited at night. The hours when the gate is open vary by season.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 報徳二宮神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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