Keta Jinja (Takaoka)
Enshrined "kami". The primary "kami" enshrined at Keta Jinja are: The secondary "kami" nshrined at Keta Jinja are: History. The foundation of Keta Jinja is uncertain. The shrine claims that it was founded in 717 AD, but there is no documentary evidence for this. Noto Province was separated from Etchū in 718, reunited in 741 and separated again in 757. Per historical records, the Keta Shrine in Noto regarded as the "ichinomiya" during this period, but after the final separation of these provinces, a new "ichinomiya" needed to be designated within the reduced borders of Etchū. The  new shrine was initially called the Shinketa Myōjin, or "New Keta Shrine" in Nara period records, and its designation as "ichinomiya" immediately created a conflict with Imizu Jinja, an existing shrine which had previously served as the "ichinomiya" during the initial separation of the two provinces. In the 927 AD "Engishiki" records, the shrine is named the "Ichinomiya Keta Shrine" but is listed as the 13th and most recent of the shrines in Imizu District. The conflict between Keta Jinja and Imizu Jinja would continue for centuries and would never be fully resolved. The Kita Shrine was rebuilt in the  Juei era (1182-1184) by Kiso Yoshinaka after it had been destroyed by a fire. It was again rebuilt by Uesugi Kenshin in the Eiroku era (1558-1570). Under the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate, Etchū came under the control of the Maeda clan, who continued to patronize the shrine until the Meiji restoration. With the establishment of State Shinto, the shrine was designated as a . In 1931, the "Honden" of the shrine, dating from the Muromachi period, was designated a National Important Cultural Property. The shrine is located a 15-minute walk from Etchū-Kokubu Station on the JR West  Himi Line.