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10/20/2011

Kotozaki Hachimangu

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Kotozaki Hachimangu 琴崎八幡宮

山口県宇部市上宇部大小路
Yamaguchi, Ube town


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The shrine Kotozaki Hachimangu 琴崎八幡宮 in Yamaguchi is especially famous for its "Work Amulets" and more than 700 other amulets of all kinds.
It has the biggest variety of amulets and talismans of all Japan - they say.

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quote

琴崎八幡宮は平安時代の貞観元年(859)琴芝(琴柴)八王子に宇佐八幡宮の御分霊の幣帛を、琴柴村八王子社という祠を建ててお祀りしたのに興ります。
その後、寿永3年(1184)西の宮に遷して宇部郷の鎮守としました。
のち、天授3年(1377)僧の性禅と祀職の豊住が神託受けて新社地を探し求め、現在の社地に遷座いたしました。

source : http://kotozaki.com


shiawase mamori しあわせ守 amulet to become happy




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Acording to the shrine legend, the wandering priest Gyoogyoo 行教 Gyogyo visited the region of Ube around 859 and had a shrine built in 宇部郷琴芝の浦.
The villagers prayed to Hachiman there and later built a shrine at its location where it is today, probably in 1377, according to the outcome of an oracle.




Illustrated legend of the shrine

The emperor Seiwa Tenno 清和天皇 on his way from Usa Hachimangu (Kyushu) to Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto, found his fleet in a great storm (represented as a bull) and had to take shelter in Kotoshiba no ura 琴芝の浦. He had a small shrine built to thank the deities for his safety.

The first scroll is about 18 m long, the second one 16 m. On the box is the date of 1491.
Look at it HERE :
source : kotozaki.com


Annual Festivals
source : kotozaki.com/calendar

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anzan mamori 安産守 amulet for a safe birth




hiyoko mamori ひよこ型孫守 amulet to protect grandchildren
The form is that of a fledgeling (hiyoko).


Look at the amulets HERE :
source : kotozaki.com/omamori.html

They are not sold via the internet.
You are supposed to come to the shrine and pray to the deities, to get the full benefit of an amulet.




niji-iro yakuyoke 虹色厄除け守 rainbow colors to ward off evil





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