Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine (Odawara)
Hōtoku-Ninomiya-Shrine ( Japanese 報 徳 二 宮 神社 , Hōtoku-Ninomiya-jinja ) is a Shintō shrine which is located in the Japanese city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture . The shrine was built in honor of Ninomiya Sontoku .
Other such shrines of the same name are in Nikkō and Sagamihara .
history
Ninomiya Sontoku was born in Kayama ( 栢山 ) in Odawara. The shrine was dedicated to him in April 1894 ( Meiji 27) by the Hōtoku-sha Association for the outstanding work he has done in the field of agriculture and for the moral and ethical principles he has taught .
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Coordinates: 35 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N , 139 ° 9 ′ 10 ″ E