Ohata Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, venerated across Japan as the god of learning. Established in the fishing town of Ohata on the Shimokita Peninsula, it has long served as a place where fishermen's children prayed for academic achievement and success in life. Ema plaques crowd the grounds during exam season, and plum emblems — evoking Michizane's famous farewell poem to his beloved tree — are woven throughout the shrine's culture.