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  • Kushida Shrine
  • 1-41, Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

    This grand tutelary shrine of Hakata is widely known and people warmly refer to it as “Okushida-san.” It is dedicated to the gods of Ohatanushi-no-mikoto, Amaterasu-omikami and Susanowo-no-mikoto. According to tradition, in 757, when Emperor Koken was in the reign and Tairano Kiyomori designated ...
  • Kego Shrine
  • 2-2-20, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    This shrine is dedicated to the gods of Kamukahobi-no-mikoto, Ohkahobi-no-mikoto and Yasomagatsuhi-no-kami. The shrine was named after a defense facility of Dazaifu called Keigo-sho, which was sited near Korokan (ancient guesthouse for diplomats). You can find the name in Manyoshu (an ancient col...
  • Sumiyoshi Shrine
  • 092-291-2670
    3-1-51, Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

    This shrine is dedicated to the gods of Sokotsutsuo-no-kami, Nakatsutsuo-no-kami and Uwatsutsuo-no-kami and it was officially designated in ancient time as one of the high ranked shrines. It was once admired as the greatest shrine of Chikuzen area (northern part of the present Fukuoka prefecture)...
  • Hakozaki Shrine
  • 092-641-7431
    1-22-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka

    This is one of the three major shrines of Hachiman god, along with Iwashimizu Hachiman shrine and Usa Hachiman shrine. This shrine is dedicated to Emperor Oujin, Empress Jingu and Tamayorihime-no-mikoto. It was founded in 923, with the transfer of god from Daibu Hachiman shrine in Honami-gun, Fuk...
  • Gokoku Shrine
  • 1-1-1, Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

    This is a shrine founded for the safety and well-being of our nation and situated in a leafy area near Ohori Park and Fukuoka Castle ruins. It is dedicated to the spirits of war dead since Meiji Restoration. At the entrance of the approach is a large shrine gate of 13 meters in height, which is t...
  • Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine
  • 092-922-8225
    4-7-1, Saifu, Dazaifu

    The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane who is known as the god of learning, it is busy all through the year with a lot of visitors praying for success in exams and academic achievement. 600 plum trees are planted on the site and they start to decorate the shrine beautifully around early Fe...
  • Toka Ebisu Shrine
  • 092-651-1563
    7-1, Higashi koen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

    Located inside Higashi Park at Yoshizuka, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City. It is said that the man named Takeuchi found a pair of divine statues of Ebisu and Daikoku at a beach on the way from Kashii shrine and Hakozaki shrine and then founded a shrine dedicated to those gods more than 400 years ago. Nat...
  • New Year’s Visit to the Shrines in Fukuoka
  • New Years are an important event for Japanese.

    From around the midnight of New Year's eve to the 3rd of January, people go out with family or friends to visit a shrine and pray for the health and happiness through the year.

    The most popular shrines in Fukuoka includes Sumiyoshi Shrine, Kush...
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