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Yutoku Inari Jinja
A vermilion main hall thrust out from the slope on a kakezukuri frame. It is often counted with Fushimi and Toyokawa among the three great Inari shrines of Japan.
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Tozan Jinja
The torii, the guardian lions and the great lanterns are all made of Arita porcelain. It enshrines Yi Sam-pyeong, held to be the father of Japanese porcelain. The local industry became the material of the shrine itself: few examples show as plainly that faith and industry do not exist separately.
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Chiriku Hachimangu
It preserves the okayu-dameshi, in which the year is read from the state of a bowl of gruel. First shrine of Hizen Province.
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Tashima Jinja
Among the oldest shrines in Hizen, standing on Kabeshima. It enshrines the three Munakata goddesses and has long guarded the sea route to the continent.
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Takeo Jinja
The great camphor of Takeo, said to be 3,000 years old, stands deep in the grounds. There is a hollow at its base, and a shrine within it.
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Yutoku Honden
A vermilion hall framed in kakezukuri on the slope. It claims to be one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan.
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Okunoin (Yutoku)
At the top of the stone steps, with the whole of the Ariake Sea in view.
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Tashima Jinja
Among the oldest shrines in Saga. The gateway to Yobuko, the town of squid.
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Toyotamahime Jinja
The guardian of a hot spring known for the skin. A white catfish is held to be its messenger.
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Takeo no Okusu
A great camphor said to be 3,000 years old. There is a hollow at its base, with a shrine inside.
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Suga Jinja (Ogi)
It stands at the top of a steep stone stairway. The tutelary shrine of a town of yokan.
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Taku Seibyo
It enshrines Confucius. One of only four such old Confucian shrines in Japan.
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Sayohime Jinja
It carries the tale of Matsura Sayohime and her lost love, standing on Kabeshima at Yobuko.
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Kagami Jinja
It enshrines Fujiwara no Hirotsugu. Its Korean-made Yoryu Kannon figure is an Important Cultural Property.
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Jiki Torii
A torii made of blue-and-white porcelain. A nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property.
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Matsubara Jinja
It enshrines Nabeshima Naoshige, and is affectionately called Nippo-san.