Hōfu Tenmangū Shrine





Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, Shrine, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Religion, Hofu City, Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan


This is the Hōshōan tea house.



Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, Shrine, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Religion, Hofu City, Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan


Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, Shrine, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Religion, Hofu City, Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan


This is the Japanese garden next to the Hōshōan tea house.



Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, Shrine, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Religion, Hofu City, Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan


In this Japanese garden is a beautiful tall 御神木 (goshinboku—a tree worshipped as being sacred). It’s estimated that this giant tree is about 800 years old.



Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, Shrine, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Religion, Hofu City, Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan


Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, Shrine, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Religion, Hofu City, Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan


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