Nakatsu Daijingu

What it is

• A shrine in Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture.
• Enshrines Amaterasu Omikami and Toyouke Omikami.
• Founded in 1881 as Jingu Buzen Kyokai.
• Renamed Nakatsu Daijingu in 1946.

What to see

• Nakatsu Jinja enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto and Emperor Ojin.
• Shrine grounds contain the monument of the Nakatsu-tai.
• Kii Jinja enshrines Shiroi Shigefusa.
• Senjo Jinja enshrines 45 retainers of Shiroi Shigefusa.

When to go

• Nakatsu Gion is held annually in late July.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.