A Tenmangu shrine in Fukaya dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, patron of scholarship. One of the nationwide Tenjin faith network, it was founded in Fukaya's medieval period when agriculture and learning flourished. Plum trees associated with Michizane bloom beautifully each early spring. During exam season the grounds fill with ema votive tablets from students seeking admission success, supportin…

Fukaya Tenmangu is said to have been founded around 1200, during the early Kamakura period. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), the revered scholar-statesman who was deified as Tenjin following his death in the Heian period. As the Tenjin faith spread across Japan in the wake…