Ibusuki Shrine

What it is

• Founded in 706 as Katsuragi-no-miya.
• Renamed Ibusuki Shrine during the Meiji period.
• Current main hall built in 1847 by Shimazu Narioki.

What to see

• Shrine buildings made entirely of camphor wood.
• Stone torii made by Iwanaga Sangoro.
• Main hall, dance hall, worship hall, and chokushiden.
• Three Noh masks are a prefectural cultural property.
• Shrine forest is a prefectural natural monument.
• Hackberry tree is a city folk cultural property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.