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Fukushima Hachimangu

Fukuoka · Yame · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 八女 福島八幡宮

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Fukushima Hachimangu
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WHAT TO DOFukushima Hachimangu

The Yame-Fukushima lantern puppets are dedicated here. An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

WHEREFukuoka

Chikugo · Yame

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Overview

The Yame-Fukushima lantern puppets are dedicated here. An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

About this place

Fukushima Hachimangu is a shrine at 105-1 Honmachi, Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture. The enshrined deities are Emperor Ojin, Empress Jingu and Takeuchi no Sukune. It is worshipped as the tutelary shrine of the Yame Fukushima district. Fukushima Hachimangu is a shrine in the Fukushima district of Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, on high ground at the site of Fukushima Castle. Yame Fukushima took shape as a castle town in the Edo period and later developed as a commercial city, and the shrine, as the tutelary shrine of this town, has been the centre of local faith.

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Key facts

Founded：1661 Blessings：Warding off evil

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