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高知県 · Shrines & temples

Kujirazuka

室戸市東部

A mound to hold memorials for the whales that were taken. An awareness of receiving a life, given form.

高知県 · Shrines & temples

Gochi Nyorai

高知市中央

It enshrines Monju Bosatsu, and draws prayers for success in study.

高知県 · Shrines & temples

Sugimoto Jinja

いの町中央

The Daikoku market, one of the three great festivals of Tosa, is held here. The home of Tosa washi.

高知県 · Shrines & temples

Sugi no Osugi

大豊町東部

Said to be 3,000 years old. The tree the singer Misora Hibari prayed to for success.

高知県 · Shrines & temples

Kaneishi

室戸市東部

A stone that rings like metal when struck. The sound is said to reach the land of the dead.

高知県 · Shrines & temples

Fuba Hachimangu

四万十市西部

Its main hall is an Important Cultural Property. It preserves a rite in which the gods themselves are married.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Dazaifu Tenmangu

太宰府市福岡

Built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane. Demoted from the capital, he died two years later. Disasters followed in Kyoto, and quieting his spirit…

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Munakata Taisha

宗像市宗像・糟屋

Okinoshima is a deity in its entirety, and the public may not land there. More than 80,000 dedicated objects have been found on the island, many of th…

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Hakozakigu

福岡市福岡

One of the three great Hachiman shrines with Usa and Iwashimizu. The plaque on the gate reading enemy nations surrender dates from the Mongol invasion…

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Kushida Jinja

福岡市福岡

The tutelary shrine of Hakata. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a rite dedicated to this shrine, and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Sumiyoshi Jinja

福岡市福岡

One view holds it to be the first of all Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. With Osaka and Shimonoseki it is one of the three great Sumiyoshi.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Miyajidake Jinja

福津市宗像・糟屋

Known for a shimenawa rope 2.6 metres across. Beyond the approach the road runs dead straight to the sea, and twice a year a path of light appears.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Nanzoin

篠栗町福岡

Its bronze reclining Buddha, 41 metres long, is among the largest figures of its kind in the world.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Tobiume

太宰府市福岡

A plum said to have flown from the capital in a single night out of longing for Michizane. It blossoms earliest in the grounds.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Dazaifu Honden

太宰府市福岡

It stands over Michizane's grave. One of the head shrines of all Tenmangu in Japan.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Komyozenji

太宰府市福岡

The Bukko stone garden and the Itteki-kai garden. The only Zen garden in Dazaifu.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Kanzeonji

太宰府市福岡

Its temple bell, the oldest in Japan, is a National Treasure. It was the centre of Buddhism in Kyushu.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Kaidanin

太宰府市福岡

One of the three ordination platforms of Japan. Monks of western Japan took their vows here.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Kamado Jinja

太宰府市福岡

At the foot of Mount Homan. As a shrine of matchmaking, young worshippers come without pause.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Shofukuji

福岡市福岡

The first Zen temple in Japan, founded by Eisai. He also brought tea seeds to the country.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Tochoji

福岡市福岡

Held to be the first temple Kukai built in Japan. It has the Fukuoka Great Buddha, a seated wooden figure.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Hojoya

福岡市福岡

A rite of compassion for living creatures. One of the three great festivals of Hakata, with stalls lining the approach.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Hetsumiya

宗像市宗像・糟屋

The mainland shrine of the three. Its treasure hall holds some 80,000 National Treasure objects excavated from the island.

福岡県 · Shrines & temples

Nakatsumiya

宗像市宗像・糟屋

It stands on Oshima, and is held to be the birthplace of the Tanabata legend.