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5.Inokuchi Hachiman Shrine

井口八幡神社【人吉市】|日本で最も豊かな隠れ里 日本遺産人吉球磨【熊本県】

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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)
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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.

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