Oyama Shrine, Shinto shrine in Kanazawa, Japan.
Oyama Shrine is a Shinto temple complex in Kanazawa recognized for its three-story gate that blends Japanese, Chinese, and European design elements. The gate reaches roughly 25 meters (82 feet) in height and anchors the entrance to the compound.
The shrine was founded in 1599 and moved to its current location in 1873 to honor Maeda Toshiie. Maeda was the first lord of the Kaga Domain who ruled the region from Kanazawa Castle.
The shrine's annual festival falls on 27 April, the anniversary of Maeda Toshiie's death. The precinct garden is called the Garden of Musical Instruments, with a Koto Bridge and a Biwa Island modelled on instruments of Japanese court music. The main hall's central ceiling and transom came from the former Kanaya Palace.
The shrine stands in central Kanazawa; from Kanazawa Station take a bus toward Korinbo and get off at the Minamimachi stop, then walk about five minutes. A rental bicycle port of the Machinori scheme is set up at the Oyama-machi dock. Drivers reach the area in roughly fifteen minutes from the Kanazawa-nishi, Kanazawa-higashi or Kanazawa-morimoto interchanges.
The gate's lightning rod is considered the oldest still in existence in Japan. Locals long credited the Dutch physician Holtman with the gate's design, but carpenter Tsuda Yoshinosuke had drawn the first plans before Holtman arrived.
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