The shrine is beautiful with very nice wooden painting and carving on the entire building. It can get very crowded during the new year week. There are a lot of street food stalls during this time. Some traditional Japanese Shinto ceremonies are also carried out around this time.
Very good location with an interesting history. The monkeys illustrated here have the opposite positive meaning to those in Nikko - instead of see/speak/hear no evil, they encourage people to see/speak/hear good
Colorful yet had a very good vibe, despite not being that big. They sell omikujis with special ink so that when you get them in the water they become readable.
I was in Chichibu for the night festival. This event was organized by the jinja. There were fireworks and parade with music and dance. It was an enjoyable and interesting event.
