Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū 鶴 岡 八 幡 宮 | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Hachiman |
Type | Hachiman Shrine |
Location | |
Location | 2-1-31 Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa |
Geographic coordinates | 35°19′29″N 139°33′21″E |
Architecture | |
Date established | 1063 |
Website | |
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Glossary of Shinto |
For most of its history, it served both as a Hachiman shrine, and in latter years a Tendai Buddhist temple typical of Japanese Buddhist architecture.[1] The famed Buddhist priest Nichiren Daishonin once reputedly visited the shrine to reprimand the kami Hachiman just before his execution at Shichirigahama beach.
A former one thousand-year-old ginkgo tree near its entrance was uprooted by a storm on 10 March 2010. The shrine continues to serve as one of the Important Cultural Properties of Japan.