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Yuga Shrine

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Yuga Shrine is a historic mountain shrine with unique origins and important Edo-period architecture.

Yuga Shrine
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What it is

  • A prefectural shrine on Mt. Yuga, Okayama Prefecture.
  • Founded in 733 by Gyoki, enshrining an Eleven-faced Kannon.
  • Historically a syncretic mountain, Yuga Daigongen.
  • Not under the Association of Shinto Shrines jurisdiction.

What to see

  • The main hall, an early Edo period building.
  • Main hall is an important cultural property of Okayama Prefecture.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

岡山県倉敷市児島由加2852番地 Open in Google Maps

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