Nasu-onsen-jinja Shrine is at the foot of Chausu-dake Mountain (1915m). Nasu-yumoto Onsen Hot Springs is very close to this shrine. In 630, a local official named Kano Yukihiro hunted a white deer, which was eating the crops in his field. He shot an arrow at, and hit the deer, but it escaped. He followed the deer into Nasu-yumoto, and eventually found the deer soaking in an unknown hot spring to heal its wound. Looking at the deer in the hot spring, Kano thought it was a blessing from God. And so he dedicated this shrine. This shrine is also famous for Nasuno Yoichi, in the Tale of the Heike.
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Nasu-onsen-jinja Shrine
Discovery of Hot Springs
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![Distant view of Nasu-onsen-jinja Shrine](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47930/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47930.jpg)
Distant view of Nasu-onsen-jinja Shrine
![Water droplets on a spider-web](https://a1.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47919/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47919.jpg)
Water droplets on a spider-web
![Front of the shrine’s beautiful Hall of Worship](https://a1.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47920/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47920.jpg)
Front of the shrine’s beautiful Hall of Worship
![Early autumn leaves](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47921/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47921.jpg)
Early autumn leaves
![One of the guardians of the shrine](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47922/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47922.jpg)
One of the guardians of the shrine
![Lanterns alongside the path to the shrine](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47923/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47923.jpg)
Lanterns alongside the path to the shrine
![Fresh water for purifying hands and mouth](https://a1.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47924/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47924.jpg)
Fresh water for purifying hands and mouth
![Nasuno Yoichi in the Tale of the Heike](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47925/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47925.jpg)
Nasuno Yoichi in the Tale of the Heike
![Path toward famous Sessho-seki Rock](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47926/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47926.jpg)
Path toward famous Sessho-seki Rock
![Main building of the shrine](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47927/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47927.jpg)
Main building of the shrine
![Holy tree at the precinct](https://a1.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47928/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47928.jpg)
Holy tree at the precinct
![Shrine gate](https://a2.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/6789-47929/1000/tochigi-nasu-onsen-jinja-shrine-47929.jpg)
Shrine gate
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