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Okinohata Suitengu (Yanagawa)

福岡県

Guardian of waterways and safe childbirth, home to the floating-stage festival Sanjinmaru

Type

Shrine

Visited

Want to go

Access

Take bus from Nishitetsu Yanagawa Station to Okihata stop

Okihata-machi, Yanagawa, Fukuoka

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Info

Shrine

Enshrined Deity

Overview

Enshrined in the Okinohata district of Yanagawa and fondly called Suiten-san by locals, this shrine was established in 1869 when the divided spirit of Kurume Suitengu was invited and merged with an Inari shrine patronized by domain lord Tachibana Muneshige. Its principal deities, Emperor Antoku and Amenominakanushi no Kami, are venerated for protection from water disasters, safe childbirth, and ch…

Origins

Okinohata grew as a fishing settlement within the Yanagawa castle town, where water disasters were a daily danger. The site held an Inari shrine associated with domain lord Tachibana Muneshige and a Miyaken (Gion) shrine founded in the Bunka era (1804-1818); in 1869 the divided spirit of Kurume Suit…

Divine Benefits

Academic Success

Business Prosperity

Safe Childbirth & Fertility

Warding Off Evil

Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.

Derived from the enshrined deity "安徳天皇・天之御中主神"