Toyohama Hachiman Shrine was founded in 708 (Wado-gen year) and is the 15th of the Sanuki 15 shrines.
The shrine’s forests of camphor trees, pine trees, and horutonoki trees have been designated as Kagawa’s preserved trees, and it is also the “place of origin of the camphor tree, the main pillar of the main torii of Itsukushima Shrine,” to which one large tree was donated to Miyajima Shrine in the Meiji period (1868-1912).There is a bronze statue of Masayoshi Ohira, the 68th and 69th prime minister of Japan, and a force stone in the precincts of the shrine.
Chikaraishi is a stone used for strength contests and to improve physical strength, and it is said that in the old days when there was no entertainment, people enjoyed bragging about their strength by lifting the stone.
During the Toyohama Chosa Matsuri (autumn festival), this is where the chosa gather.
| address | 1577-1 Wadahama, Toyohama-cho, Kanonji-shi, Kagawa 769-1602 |
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| car | About 6 minutes (3 km) by car from the Onohara IC of Takamatsu Expressway |
| train | Approximately 5 minutes by cab from JR Kannonji Station (1.7 km) |
| pubric bus | Take the Minoura-Kannonji Line Minoura Bus from JR Kannonji Station and tell the driver to go to the Toyohama Branch Office. It is about a 5-minute walk from the Toyohama Branch Office. Pubric Bus has no bus stops, and you can get on and off anywhere on the route. (However, you are not allowed to get on and off the bus on Route 11 except at designated areas.) |
| parking lot | available |
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| contact us | TEL：0875-52-5123 |
- Origin and History of Toyohama Hachiman Shrine
Myoken Shrine, Tenmangu Shrine, and Inari Shrine are located within the precincts of the shrine, and the deities are Hondawake-no-Mikoto, Trashinakatsuhiko-no-Mikoto, and Tarashihime-no-Mikoto.
According to one theory, during the reign of Emperor Kotoku, the three Himegami deities were moved from the Usa no Miya Shrine (now Usa Jingu Shrine) in Buzen Province to this location, and the shrine was named Himehama Hachimangu Shrine. Although the three Himegami deities are the origin of the name Himehama, the three Munakata deities are not included in the current deity list.
The An’ei Lantern in the precincts of the shrine was erected in 1773 by Fujimura Kihachiro of Wadahama and Miyatake Kouemon Tadashin, the village headman of Wadahama, to commemorate their achievement of completing the construction of Wadahama Port with their private funds, and it served as a lighthouse for about 200 years.
