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FukuokaShrines & TemplesFukuoka
Kego Jinja
It sits surrounded by the office blocks of Tenjin. Unusually, its grounds include a foot bath.
FukuokaShrines & Temples
SagaShrines & TemplesKashima
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.
SagaShrines & TemplesArita
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.
SagaShrines & TemplesMiyaki
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.
SagaShrines & TemplesKaratsu
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.
SagaShrines & TemplesTakeo
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.
SagaShrines & TemplesKashima
Yutoku Honden
A vermilion hall framed in kakezukuri on the slope. It claims to be one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan.
SagaShrines & TemplesKashima
Okunoin (Yutoku)
At the top of the stone steps, with the whole of the Ariake Sea in view.
SagaShrines & TemplesKaratsu
Tashima Jinja
Among the oldest shrines in Saga. The gateway to Yobuko, the town of squid.
SagaShrines & TemplesUreshino
Toyotamahime Jinja
The guardian of a hot spring known for the skin. A white catfish is held to be its messenger.
SagaShrines & TemplesTakeo
Takeo no Okusu
A great camphor said to be 3,000 years old. There is a hollow at its base, with a shrine inside.
Ogi
Suga Jinja (Ogi)
It stands at the top of a steep stone stairway. The tutelary shrine of a town of yokan.
SagaShrines & TemplesTaku
Taku Seibyo
It enshrines Confucius. One of only four such old Confucian shrines in Japan.
SagaShrines & TemplesSagaShrines & TemplesSagaShrines & TemplesKaratsu
Sayohime Jinja
It carries the tale of Matsura Sayohime and her lost love, standing on Kabeshima at Yobuko.
SagaShrines & TemplesKaratsu
Kagami Jinja
It enshrines Fujiwara no Hirotsugu. Its Korean-made Yoryu Kannon figure is an Important Cultural Property.
Arita
Jiki Torii
A torii made of blue-and-white porcelain. A nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property.
Hakodate Hachimangu · Shrine
Koryuji · Temple