Sammu Hachiman Shrine in Matsuo-machi serves as the guardian of the Matsuo area, enshrining Emperor Ojin as the principal deity of this martial deity shrine. Hachiman faith is one of the most widely spread Shinto faiths in eastern Japan in the Kamakura period as the tutelary deity of the Minamoto clan. There is a history of the Matsuo domain lord renovating the shrine buildings while praying for m…

Sammu Hachiman Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around the Kennin era (1201–1204), established to enshrine Emperor Ojin as the principal deity in accordance with Hachiman faith, which spread widely across eastern Japan during the Kamakura period as the tutelary deity of the Minamoto…