Sugawara Shrine, enshrined in Hanasaki, Narashino, is an academic shrine enshrining Sugawara no Michizane and has many student visitors. Tenjin worship spread nationwide as a guardian of learning and literary arts, with prayers for academic success conducted since the temple school era. As school education in Narashino developed, ema votive tablets for exam success increased, particularly bustling…

Sugawara Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1350, during the period of the Northern and Southern Courts. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), widely venerated throughout Japan as the deity of learning and literary arts, and it is believed that a shrine wa…