Photo: ulysses_powers from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa / CC BY-SA 2.0 ／ Source
Value Village ／ Kanagawa ／ Shrines & Temples
つるがおかはちまんぐう Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Photo: ulysses_powers from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa / CC BY-SA 2.0 ／ Source
The town of Kamakura was laid out from this shrine outwards. Wakamiya Oji runs dead straight from the main hall to the sea. The shrine was placed first and the city built to match it, the reverse of Kamigamo and Shimogamo in Kyoto, which were there before the capital. Its deity came from Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto, and it was here that Hachiman belief spread through the east as the faith of the warrior class.
| Type | Shrine |
|---|---|
| City / town | Kamakura |
| Said to bring | Victory / Warding off misfortune |
| Area in the prefecture | Kamakura and Shonan |
Written by Value Village from public sources. Nothing here is reproduced from another site.
