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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...
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    designated as Korea's natural artifact in 1986), and aged 1,200 in Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Japan have discredited theories claiming Chinese origins...
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    Hachiman shrine (redirect from Hachimangū)
    shrine) Iwashimizu Hachimangū 石清水八幡宮 (Yawata, Kyoto) Hakozaki Shrine 筥崎宮 (Fukuoka) Tsurugaoka Hachimangū 鶴岡八幡宮 (Kamakura) Fukuyama Hachimangū 福山八幡宮 (Fukuyama...
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    in the Kanto region, known for its historical landmarks such as Tsurugaoka Hachimangū and the Great Buddha of Kamakura. Surrounded to the north, east...
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  • travels in seeking out a master. On his journey, Yagorō reached Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shinto shrine in Kamakura where he paid homage to the gods and practiced...
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    Sumiyoshi Taisha. Other popular destinations include Atsuta Jingū, Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Dazaifu Tenman-gū, and Hikawa Shrine. A common custom during hatsumōde...
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  • Chilembwe Day (Malawi) Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea) Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (Kamakura, Japan) Teacher's Day (Venezuela) Wikipedia Day (international...
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    some Buddhist temples. Different types of omamori and ofuda at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura Place for returning old talismans (Hokoji Shrine, Takatō...
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    "Shinto Concept of Sin (Tsumi) and Impurity (Kegare)|TSURUGAOKA HACHIMANGU". www.tsurugaoka-hachimangu.jp. Retrieved 23 September 2020. "BBC – Religions...
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    small shrine, but the second most popular spot in Kamakura after Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. Zeniarai Benzaiten is popular among tourists because the waters...
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    in front. .Some shrines also cover the knot with an obi (such as Tsurugaoka Hachimangū). The length of the obi is longer in the front and shorter in the...
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    example, the shrine today called Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura was until 1868 a jingu-ji called Tsurugaoka Hachimangū-ji. It was forced to demolish its...
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    giant Niō (仁王), wooden statues of guardian beings, at the entrance of the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, a shrine in Kamakura, were objects of Buddhist worship and...
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    Battle of Nashinokidaira. Later, the Uesugi attacked and burned Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura, which was a major loss to the Hōjō symbolically, because...
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    Kameoka Hachimangū (亀岡八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is the tutelary shrine of the Date clan. Kameoka Hachimangū was founded...
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    Cathedral in Tokyo The Former Hokkaidō government office building Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture Meiji Seimei Kan in Tokyo Hatsuhana...
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    return from the Siege of Odawara, he performed a ceremony at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū and assumed the position of kantō kanrei. Kenshin made peace with...
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    Jingū A sandō with stairs The sandō at Kōzan-ji, Kyoto The sandō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Kamakura Shendao, a decorated road to a grave of an emperor or...
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  • Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (Shibuya – Rotating Parking Garage) Kamakura (Tsurugaoka Hachimangū – Yabusame Dojo) Minamiashigara (Daiyūzan Station – Kintarō Statue)...
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    murdered his uncle Sanetomo on the stairs leading to the shrine of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in the shogunal capital of Kamakura, an act for which he was himself...
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    includes two shrines. One of the islands in the right-side pond of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura hosts a sub shrine dedicated to goddess Benzaiten, a...
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    A Japanese lady wearing a Hakama at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu...
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    served three generations of the army of Minamoto no Sanetomo at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. He took the name Mōri after the name of his estate in Sagami Province...
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    the Gosannen War (1083–1087). The story is set in front of the Tsuruoka Hachimangu shrine, where an evil aristocrat (his exact identity changed across the...
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    Hachiman (redirect from Shō Hachimangū)
    is a dedicated prayer for safe childbirth in the Shinto shrine of Umi Hachimangū (宇美八幡宮) in Umi, Fukuoka prefecture. The three Munakata goddesses (宗像三女神...
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  • Hungary Tiba Tomaj Minamoto no Sanetomo Shōgun February 13, 1219 Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Kamakura shogunate Kugyō Eric IV King of Denmark August 10, 1250...
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    are sacred treasures that worshippers presented to Asuka Shrine, Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Itsukushima Shrine, Kasuga-taisha, and Kumano Hayatama Taisha....
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  • Alphabet Day (North Korea) Ocean Duty Day (Indonesia) Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. (Kamakura, Japan) Teacher's Day (Venezuela) Black Christ of Esquipulas...
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    Usa Jingū (redirect from Usa Hachimangū)
    established at Fukuoka as a branch of the Usa Shrine. In 1063, Tsurugaoka Hachimangū was established by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi to extend Hachiman's protective...
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    (1185-1333), it is believed that this sculpture was enshrined in the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shinto shrine in Kamakura, a place of worship strongly linked to...
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