4.Yamada Daio Shrine
Cultural Asset Data
Name | Yamada Daio Shrine |
Address | 1514 Ko, Yamada, Yamae-mura, Yamae-gun, Kumamoto |
Mapcode | 195 887 393*60 |
Contact | 0966-23-3604 (Yamae Village Board of Education) |
Misc | - |
A shrine built to quell the vengeful spirits of the Hirakawa clan, the late ruling family of Yamada Village, who were wiped out by the Sagara clan. It is one of the few buildings in Southern Kyushu which can be traced back to Japan’s pre-17th century Middle Ages.