5.Inokuchi Hachiman Shrine
Cultural Asset Data
Name | Inokuchi Hachiman Shrine |
Address | 949 Inokuchi-machi, Hitoyoshi-shi, Kumamoto |
Mapcode | 195 854 801*03 |
Contact | 0966-22-2111 (front desk, Hitoyoshi City Board of Education) |
Misc | - |
Enshrined with the Sagara Deity of War, prayers for victory were offered up at this shrine each time the clan went to war. The current shrine building is a reconstruction built in 1699, and the garden on the shrine grounds is an excellent imitation of the garden that was in Hitoyoshi Castle.