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Sakurayama Hachimangu

Gifu · Takayama · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 櫻山八幡宮

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Sakurayama Hachimangu
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WHAT TO DOSakurayama Hachimangu

The stage of the autumn Takayama festival. Its float rite is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and gathers the whole skill of the Hida carpenters.

WHEREGifu

Hida · Takayama

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The stage of the autumn Takayama festival. Its float rite is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and gathers the whole skill of the Hida carpenters.

About this place

Sakurayama Hachimangu (the formal spelling uses an older character for "sakura") is a shrine in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. Its autumn festival, together with the spring festival of Hie Shrine, is known as the Takayama Festival and is designated a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. The main deity is the great deity Hachiman (Emperor Ojin), and the great deity Atsuta (Yamato Takeru no Mikoto) and the great deity Kashii (Emperor Chuai and Empress Jingu) are enshrined alongside.

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Founded:Unknown (traditionally the reign of Emperor Nintoku) Blessings:Victory luck, Warding off evil

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