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Usa Jingu Jogu
Three main halls in the hachiman-zukuri style, all National Treasures. The head shrine of more than 40,000 Hachimangu across Japan.
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Fukiji Odo
The oldest wooden building in Kyushu, and a National Treasure. An Amida hall to stand beside the Phoenix Hall at Byodoin.
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Usuki Sekibutsu
The first stone figures in Japan to be designated National Treasures. Sixty-one of them are carved into the cliff.
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Rokugo Manzan
A group of temples across the Kunisaki peninsula. A distinctive culture fusing Shinto-Buddhist syncretism with mountain asceticism.
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Monjusenji
Held to be the origin of the saying that three heads together have the wisdom of Monju.
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Nakayama Senkyo
A path of practice that crosses a ridge of rock. The Mumyo bridge spans it.
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Unagihime Jinja
At the foot of Mount Yufu. It carries a legend of a god who drained the water from a basin that had been a lake.
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Hayasuihime Jinja
It guards the sea of the Seki mackerel and Seki horse mackerel. It carries a legend of two diving women who recovered a sword.
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Sasamuta Jinja
The other shrine claiming to be first of Bungo Province. Known for its wisteria.
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Takatsuka Atago Jizoson
Said to have been founded by Gyoki. It is held to grant any wish without choosing, and over a hundred thousand come at new year.
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Komo Jinja
Held to be the ancestral shrine of Usa Jingu. The Misumi pond itself is the deity. Its gate is an Important Cultural Property.
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Kawanaka Fudo
A Fudo triad is carved into a great rock standing in the river. It preserves the Shujo Onie rite.
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