Travel in Saga
Yutoku Inari Shrine
Yutoku Inari Shrine · 祐徳稲荷神社
Yutoku Inari Shrine is in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture. Walk the grounds among red shrine buildings and worship.
Add garden or museum visits if you like. Ordinary worship is free; garden and museum admission are separate.
Visitor information
Admission
Ordinary worship is free. The Japanese garden costs 200 yen. Individual Yutoku Museum admission costs 300 yen for adults, 200 yen for university and high-school students, and 100 yen for elementary and junior-high students. Garden and museum charges are separate from worship.
Opening hours
Japanese garden and museum hours are 09:00–16:30, with year-round operation listed in official tourism guidance. Fixed main-shrine opening hours and separate closure dates were not confirmed on the official page. Official enquiry reception is 08:30–16:30, not main-shrine worship hours.
What to see at Yutoku Inari Shrine
Worship among red shrine buildings
Walk the grounds among red shrine buildings and worship. After the lower grounds, you may continue to higher areas.
Shrine visitor guide Kyushu Tourism Organization Yutoku Inari visiting hours
How to get to Yutoku Inari Shrine
Take a direct bus from Saga Station Bus Centre to Yutoku Jinja-mae, then walk about five minutes through shrine-front shops to the shrine. Buses from Hizen-Kashima are another option, but direct Saga services do not change there. Check both directions for your date in Yutoku Bus’s official timetable.
Saga route weekday return timetable October shrine return timetable and fares Official Kashima tourism: five-minute shrine-front walk from Yutoku Jinja-mae
Before you visit
Allow more time for higher areas
Allow roughly 1–2 hours to visit and worship around the grounds. Higher areas add walking, and garden or museum visits need extra time. Check lift charges and conditions on site.
Saga tourism authority: free Yutoku worship, 200-yen garden and paid-facility hours Official Yutoku Museum hours and admission Kyushu Tourism Organization Yutoku Inari visiting hours
Check the return bus too
Walk about five minutes from Yutoku Jinja-mae through the shrine-front shops to the shrine. Allow time to walk back to the stop after worship so you can catch your return bus.
Official Kashima tourism: five-minute shrine-front walk from Yutoku Jinja-mae Yutoku Bus timetable
Questions about Yutoku Inari Shrine
Are the Yutoku Inari garden and museum free with worship?
No. Ordinary worship is free, but the Japanese garden costs 200 yen and individual adult museum admission costs 300 yen. Garden and museum hours are 09:00–16:30; these do not describe the worship hours for the whole shrine.
Saga tourism authority: free Yutoku worship, 200-yen garden and paid-facility hours Official Yutoku Museum hours and admission
Official sources
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- Saga tourism authority: free Yutoku worship, 200-yen garden and paid-facility hours ·
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- Kyushu Tourism Organization Yutoku Inari visiting hours ·
- Saga route weekday return timetable ·
- October shrine return timetable and fares ·
- Official Kashima tourism: five-minute shrine-front walk from Yutoku Jinja-mae ·
- Official Yutoku Museum hours and admission ·
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