鹿児島県 · Shrines & temples
Kirishima Jingu
霧島市 霧島
A shrine tied to the legend of the descent of the heavenly grandson, its main hall a National Treasure. Eruptions of Mount Kirishima burned it down ag…
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鹿児島県 · Shrines & temples
Kagoshima Jingu
霧島市 霧島
It is tied to the myth of Yamasachihiko, held to be the original of the Urashima Taro tale. At the Hatsuuma festival, horses hung with bells dance.
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Hirakiki Jinja
指宿市 南薩
First shrine of Satsuma Province, standing with Mount Kaimon at its back. It has long drawn prayers for safe voyages and safe travel.
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Terukuni Jinja
鹿児島市 鹿児島
The tutelary deity of Kagoshima, enshrining Shimazu Nariakira. A great torii stands at the foot of Shiroyama.
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Kirishima Jingu Honden
霧島市 霧島
Vermilion halls in brilliant colour, a National Treasure. It is called the Nikko of the west.
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Takachihogawara
霧島市 霧島
The original site of Kirishima Jingu. It burned in an eruption, and only the old shrine ground remains.
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Kurokami Torii
鹿児島市 鹿児島
In the Taisho eruption a torii three metres high was buried up to its top rail.
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Kaimondake
指宿市 南薩
The Fuji of Satsuma. A cone rising straight out of the sea.
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Yaku Jinja
屋久島町 離島
The base for the mountain pilgrimages of Yakushima.
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Amami
奄美市 離島
Each village on the island keeps its own sacred ground, called a kamiyama. Amami Oshima is a World Natural Heritage site.
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Homan Jinja
南種子町 離島
It preserves a rite using red rice, keeping an old form of rice growing in Japan.
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Kamo Hachimangu
姶良市 鹿児島
The great camphor of Kamo in its grounds is the largest tree in Japan, 24 metres round the trunk.
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Terukuni Otorii
鹿児島市 鹿児島
It stands at the centre of the city with Sakurajima behind it.
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Arata Hachimangu
鹿児島市 鹿児島
One of the tutelary shrines of Satsuma.
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Fukushoji
鹿児島市 鹿児島
The funerary temple of the Shimazu. It was lost in the anti-Buddhist movement, and only the graves remain.
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Shakutai Jinja
霧島市 霧島
The original shrine of Kagoshima Jingu. You take a pebble home, and return twice as many after a safe birth.
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Kiyomizu Magaibutsu
南九州市 南薩
Hundreds of five-ringed pagodas and Sanskrit characters are carved into the cliff along the Manose river.
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Toyotamahime Jinja
南九州市 南薩
The shrine of the Chiran Nebuta festival.
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Kamafuta Jinja
南九州市 南薩
Worshippers walk the approach with a pot lid balanced on their heads. A faith for fortune in war and in contests.
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Chokushiden
指宿市 南薩
A vermilion envoy hall, standing with Mount Kaimon at its back.
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Tokumitsu Jinja
指宿市 南薩
It enshrines Maeda Riemon, who spread the sweet potato through Japan.
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Minamikata Jinja
枕崎市 南薩
The tutelary shrine of a bonito town.
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Takachiho Jinja (Amami)
奄美市 離島
The tutelary shrine of Amami Oshima.
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Yaku Jinja
屋久島町 離島
The starting point for the mountain pilgrimages of Yakushima.
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