Nevertheless, the other Nogi-jinja Shrine is sometimes associated with Maresuke NOGI, as he had visited the shrine to pray a couple of times and also gave some dedication services there, since he regarded it as a special shrine whose name was phonetically the same as his family name.
ただし、乃木希典は自身の姓と読みの同じ野木神社を特別な神社だと考え、数回参拝したほか奉納も行っているので、全く無関係というわけでもない。