In addition to Nogi-jinja Shrine related to Nogi, there is another Nogi-jinja Shrine in the same Tochigi Prefecture; however, in spite of having phonetically the same names, they are from different schools of shrines with different backgrounds (According to tradition, it is believed that the different school of Nogi-jinja Shrine was built around the forth century).
乃木神社のある栃木県内に同じ読みの野木神社があるが、由来は全く異なる（野木神社は伝承によれば4世紀ごろ創立）。