Inaba Province facts for kids
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Inaba Province highlighted
Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Tottori Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was sometimes called Inshū (因州).
The province had borders with Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was at Tottori city.
History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Inaba Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Shrines and Temples
Ube jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Inaba.
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