Ura Shrine

Ura Shrine

Ura Shrine (宇良神社), also called Urashima Shrine, in Honjohama, Ine Town, Kyoto Prefecture, has a main hall and a worship and central hall of 1884 that were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on April 25, 2014 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is owned by Ura Shrine.

The shrine keeps a Muromachi-period handscroll on the legend of Urashima, which ends with the founding of the shrine and its festival, itself designated by the state (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Two Buildings

The main hall at the back of the precinct, facing north, is a tall thatched shinmei-type hall with crossed finials and ridge logs, carved only on the well shelter at the corner of its veranda. In front of it, the worship and central hall is an open split hall with a passage through the middle, its dragon in clouds and its carved waves, plants and animals the work of Nakai Gonji (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Each is described on its own page.

Visiting

It is owned by Ura Shrine (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on visiting hours was found.