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50.Shiraga shrine

白髪神社|日本で最も豊かな隠れ里 日本遺産人吉球磨【熊本県】

Cultural Asset Data

NameShiraga shrine
Address3025 Kami-minami, Asagiri-cho, Kumagun, Kumamoto
Mapcode333 125 606*52
Contact0966-45-7226(Asagiri Town Board of Education)
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It is a shrine of the Uemura Sagara clan, which is a part of the Aoi Aso Shrine. As a god of easy birth and rain, prayers were made to the Sagara clan women from generation to generation and to pray for rain during the drought season.

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