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Hakui, Ishikawa

Keta Taisha

氣多大社

A shrine in Hakui associated with prayers for relationships, with historic buildings beside a protected sacred forest. Choose it for a Noto-side shrine visit; the forest itself is not a public walking trail.

Visit at a glance

Estimated visit time: 30–50 minutes
Ordinary worship and the publicly accessible shrine precinct; excludes Hakui transport, forest entry, formal prayers, festivals and queues. A planning allowance, not an official visit duration. Walking pace, breaks and queues vary.
Getting there: Ishikawa tourism lists a Hokutetsu bus from Hakui Station to Ichinomiya, followed by about 5 minutes on foot. Check current services and your return bus. Long-distance rail examples on the shrine site include older routes; use current railway timetables.
Grounds hours: A current ordinary gate timetable could not be confirmed. A snow-related notice gives temporary hours, which are not used here as the year-round schedule. Confirm before an early or late visit.
Office hours: Prayer reception: 08:30–16:00, subject to festivals. Ordinary amulet and goshuin counter hours were not confirmed from the reviewed official pages.
Admission categories: Ishikawa tourism lists ordinary admission as free. Formal prayers, goshuin and amulets are separate.

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What to see

Historic worship hall and shrine gate
Subsidiary shrines in the precinct
The edge of the protected sacred forest, viewed from permitted areas

Traditions & prayers

Traditionally associated with these prayers. Associations describe worship traditions, not guaranteed results.

Prayer source

Enshrined kami

Onamuchi no Mikoto (Okuninushi; main shrine) · Kukurihime no Kami (Hakusan subsidiary shrine)

A short history

The official history cites Otomo no Yakamochi’s visit in 748, recorded in the Manyoshu poetry collection. Worship continued under imperial and later Maeda patronage. The protected forest called Irazu no Mori preserves the shrine’s sacred setting; its interior is normally closed to visitors.

Before you go

Onamuchi is the main shrine deity; Kukurihime is worshipped in the subsidiary Hakusan Shrine. Do not enter Irazu no Mori. This page covers Keta Taisha in Hakui, Ishikawa, not the similarly named Keta Shrine in Takaoka, Toyama.

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Location

Ku 1-1 Jike-machi, Hakui, Ishikawa

36.92601, 136.76746 · Representative point by the main precinct or approach, checked on GSI; not a certified visitor entrance or step-free route. · Location source

Sources

Details checked 2026-10-08. Check the official site for changes before visiting.

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