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Kitakyushu's head shrine of Myoken faith founded by Gyoki in 724 — venerating the North Star as protector of warriors
30 min by bus from JR Kokura Station
Myokenmachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
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An ancient shrine on the slopes of Mt. Adachi in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, said to have been founded by the monk Gyoki in 724. The head shrine of Myoken faith in Kitakyushu, enshrining Ame-no-Minakanushi no Kami (Hokushin Myoken Daibosatsu). The Myoken faith — deifying the North Star — spread as a guardian of direction and navigation for warriors, gathering reverence from successive military lord…
According to tradition, the shrine was founded in 724 by the monk Gyoki, who enshrined Ame-no-Minakanushi no Kami (Hokushin Myoken Daibosatsu, the deified North Star) on the slopes of Mt. Adachi. From the Heian period onward, Myoken faith — venerating the North Star as a guardian of direction and na…
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Derived from the enshrined deity "天之御中主神"
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