13.Iwayakumanoza Shrine
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Cultural Asset Data
Name | Iwayakumanoza Shrine |
Address | 3799 Higashi Aidakami-machi, Hitoyoshi-shi, Kumamoto |
Mapcode | 195 677 629*77 |
Contact | 0966-22-2111 (front desk, Hitoyoshi City Board of Education) |
Misc | - |
Iwayakumonoza is a shrine that attracted followers during the rise of the Kumano faith, a cult of Shinto with an extremely long history. It was renovated numerous times by the Sagara clan, and features a stone torii gate – a style common in Japanese shrines but rare in the Hitoyoshi Kuma region.