The head shrine of the forty thousand Hachiman shrines, founded at Usa in 725, with three halls that are a National Treasure.
Usa · OitaA shrine at Takachiho that worships the cave where the sun goddess is said to have hidden, leaving the world in darkness.
MiyazakiA shrine below the peak of Takachiho in Kagoshima, its vermilion halls of 1715 made a National Treasure in 2022.
Kirishima · KagoshimaTwo shrines on one site at the western tip of the Shimane Peninsula, rebuilt in the 1630s and holding a National Treasure suit of armour.
Izumo · ShimaneA small, charming Inari shrine in Kawasaki, guarded by 108 stone foxes and ringed with Fuji lava - a postwar branch of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari.
Kawasaki · KanagawaShrine near Matsue known as Izumo's birthplace of fire, holding sacred fire-drills, a rice-cake ritual and Susanoo's comb festival for Princess Inada.
Matsue · ShimaneShrine in Motohakone, Hakone, Kanagawa, founded in 757 on the shores of Lake Ashi and known for the Heiwa no Torii, a red torii gate standing in the lake.
Hakone · Kanagawa
