Wada jinja

Located in a residential area on the west side, away from downtown Matsumoto.
It was enshrined as the village shrine of the former Wada Village, but it burned down around 1660, and details before that are unknown.

At the entrance stands a wooden torii gate with a plaque bearing the shrine's name.
The worship hall is a gabled structure commonly seen in Azumino.
Next to it is the Okina Inari Shrine, and the main shrine building is enclosed by a fence.

The main shrine is a two-bay nagare-zukuri style.
It was built in 1800 by Komatsu Shichibei, a disciple of the first generation Takayama Tomimune.
While many shrines in the Takayama style feature a curved gable, this one does not.
It is not visible from the outside, but there are three doors on the front to enshrine the three deities.
A large dragon carving is said to be mounted on the front.

The rainbow beams are carved with waves and carp, the hand clamps with peonies, and the carvings feature chrysanthemums, rabbits, and turtles, with cranes, phoenixes, and qilins decorating the gables.
The balustrade surrounding the shrine is adorned with carvings of the Seven Sages, which are believed to be the work of Takayama Tomimune.
The dense carvings are very impressive, and this shrine is considered a representative work of the early Takayama style, next to Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya and Yahiko Shrine.