Yaeyama Shrine
八重山神社
Yaeyama Shrine, a guardian of livestock, offers ancient statues and artifacts worth an hour's visit.
What it is
- Revered as a guardian deity of cattle and horses.
- Enshrines Izanami-no-Mikoto and Amaterasu Omikami.
- Current building rebuilt in 1734.
What to see
- Steep stone staircase to the Zuishinmon gate.
- Zuishinmon gate with A-un komainu statues.
- Zuishin statues and komainu by Tsubouchi Heishichiro Toshitada.
- Armor and helmets from 1351.
- Oldest existing Fukumitsu stone komainu.
When to go
- Annual festival on April 13th.
- Monthly festival on the 13th of each month.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
島根県雲南市掛合町入間57番地[1] Open in Google Maps
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