Chiriku Hachiman Shrine

Chiriku Hachimangū worship hall

Chiriku Hachiman Shrine (千栗八幡宮, Chiriku Hachimangu) is a Shinto shrine located in Miyaki, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It was established in 724. Its main festival is held annually on September 15. It was formerly the ichinomiya of Bizen Province.

It was formerly a National Shrine of the Third (lowest) Rank (国幣小社, Kokuhei Chūsha) in the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.

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Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Coordinates: 33°19′53″N 130°28′43″E / 33.3314°N 130.4787°E / 33.3314; 130.4787

Chiriku Hachiman Shrine

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