Nagataki Hakusan Shrine, Shinto shrine in Japan

Nagataki Hakusan Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Gujō designed in the Shinmei-zukuri architectural style, one of Japan's oldest shrine forms. The structure displays the characteristic elements of this style: clean lines, natural materials, and a direct connection to the landscape that surrounds it.

Founded in 717 by the monk Taichō as Hakusan Chūgū Nagataki-ji, a temple on the Mino side of Hakusan worship. It became a Tendai temple in 828 and one of the three Hakusan horse grounds (baba), the starting points of the mountain pilgrimage routes. A 1271 fire destroyed half its buildings; the main hall was rebuilt in 1290. In 1868 the Meiji separation of Shinto and Buddhism split it into Nagataki Hakusan Shrine and Nagataki-ji, and the present halls date from rebuilding after an 1899 fire.

The shrine's name comes from its role as the Mino-side centre of Hakusan worship, the so-called Mino baba and starting point of the Zenjōdō pilgrimage route. Its New Year Rokujitsu-sai, also called Hana-gui-sai, has worshippers snatching flower wreaths of cherry, chrysanthemum, camellia, peony and poppy hung from the worship hall ceiling during the Nagataki Ennen dance, a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

The shrine stands at 138 Nagataki, Shirotori-chō, Gujō, about 500 m north of the Michi-no-eki Hakusan Bunka no Sato Nagataki on National Route 156. Nagaragawa Railway's Hakusan-Nagataki Station is a five-minute walk away, and the Gujō municipal bus stops at "Nagataki Jinja-mae". The shrine and Nagataki-ji share one approach: the temple is on the left, the shrine on the right.

The shrine shares a single approach with Nagataki-ji: the left side belongs to the temple, the right to the shrine, a division created by the 1868 separation order. Its treasure hall, Ryūhōden, was jointly set up with the temple and A-na-in and donated to Gujō city in 2018, becoming the city-run Hakusan Ryūhōden.