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Yokomineji
At about 750 metres, one of the hardest stretches on the circuit. It is bound up with the faith of Mount Ishizuchi.
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Tosa Jinja
Seen from above, the halls form a dragonfly, an unusual layout called iri-tonbo-zukuri. Chosokabe Motochika rebuilt it.
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Chikurinji
It has a five-storey pagoda and a garden designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. It is also known as the temple of Junshin, the monk of Harimayabashi in the Yosakoi song.
KochiShrines & TemplesMuroto
Hotsumisakiji
Said to be where Kukai practised and took the name Kukai. The Mikurodo cave at Cape Muroto is held to be that place of practice. Kochi is the road of practice on the 88-temple circuit: it has only 16 temples, the fewest of the four prefectures, and the longest distance between them.
KochiShrines & TemplesTosashimizu
Kongofukuji
It stands at the very tip of Cape Ashizuri. About 80 kilometres from the previous temple, it ends the longest stretch on the whole circuit.
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FukuokaShrines & TemplesDazaifu
Dazaifu Tenmangu
Built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane. Demoted from the capital, he died two years later. Disasters followed in Kyoto, and quieting his spirit was where Tenjin belief began. He became the god of learning because he had been a scholar. A faith that started in fear became, over a thousand years, the shrine of examination candidates.
FukuokaShrines & TemplesFukuoka
Hakozakigu
One of the three great Hachiman shrines with Usa and Iwashimizu. The plaque on the gate reading enemy nations surrender dates from the Mongol invasions.
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Kushida Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Hakata. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a rite dedicated to this shrine, and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Sumiyoshi Jinja
One view holds it to be the first of all Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. With Osaka and Shimonoseki it is one of the three great Sumiyoshi.
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