Yasaka Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Yasaka Shrine is a Yasaka shrine[1]. It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jōnai[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Instance of: Gion shrine[5]
- Founder: Hosokawa Tadaoki[6]
- Location: Kokura Castle[7]
- Commons category: Yasaka-jinja (Kitakyushu)[8]
- Inception: 1617[9]
- Significant event: Kokura Gion Daiko[10]
- Dedicated to: Susanoo[11], Gozu Tennō[12], Kushinadahime[13], Ame no Hohi[14], Ōkuninushi[15], Takiribime[16], Ame no Oshihomimi[17], Kumanokusubi[18], Sukunabikona[19], Ichikishimahime[20], Tagitsuhime[21], Amatsuhikone[22], 藤原北夫人[23], Ikutsuhikone[24]
- Official website: https://www.yasaka-jinja.com/[25]
- Legal form: religious corporation[26]
- Name in kana: やさかじんじゃ[27]
- Street address: 福岡県北九州市小倉北区城内2-2[28]