KumamotoShrines & TemplesYatsushiro
Yatsushiro Jinja
One of the three great Myoken shrines of Japan. Its Myoken festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Aoi Aso Romon
The thatched gate is a National Treasure. Yin and yang demon faces are carved beneath the eaves.
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Suwa Jinja (Amakusa)
The tutelary shrine of Amakusa, in a land that keeps the legend of Amakusa Shiro.
OitaShrines & TemplesUsa
Usa Jingu
The Hachiman line is held to be the most numerous of all shrine networks in Japan. It enshrines Emperor Ojin, and spread nationwide once the Minamoto took him up as the guardian of the warrior class. Iwashimizu Hachimangu too was divided from here. The main hall is a National Treasure: three halls standing side by side in the hachiman-zukuri style. Worship is two bows, four claps, one bow, the same form as at Izumo Taisha.
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OitaShrines & TemplesBungotakada
Kumano Magaibutsu
A group of stone figures carved directly into the cliff, among the largest in Japan. You climb stone steps said to have been built by an ogre in a single night.
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Yusuhara Hachimangu
First shrine of Bungo Province, its deity invited from Usa Jingu. The great camphor in its grounds is a Natural Monument.
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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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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.
OitaShrines & TemplesBungotakada
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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Hoki Sekibutsu
The largest group among the Usuki stone Buddhas. Imposing Nyorai figures fill four niches.
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Takachiho Jinja
Held to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. From November to February each year the night kagura is performed here, village by village, in private houses and kagura lodgings. From evening until the next morning, thirty-three dances are dedicated over a single night. An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, it continues not as a spectacle but as something the village does for itself.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesTakachiho
Amanoiwato Jinja
Its deity is the rock cave in which Amaterasu is said to have shut herself away. The nearby Amanoyasukawara is the cave where the gods are said to have gathered to confer.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesMiyazaki
Miyazaki Jingu
It enshrines Emperor Jimmu. Known for the great torii on its approach and a white wisteria over 600 years old.