Osaki Hachiman Shrine

The main house of Sendai's national treasure, Osaki Hachimangu Shrine! Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Tajiri, Osaki City [Miyagi Prefecture]

Osaki City is located in the northwestern part of Miyagi Prefecture and is the third most populous city in the prefecture after Sendai City and Ishinomaki City. Cities that form the "Osaki metropolitan area" along with surrounding municipalities...

Aoiwa2024.09.24

festival

[Miyagi] Traditional New Year event “Donto Festival”

When the sound of bamboo exploding in flames echoes through the temple grounds, the people of Miyagi Prefecture realize once again that the new year has begun. Held at Osaki Hachiman Shrine in the cold skies...

Chimon2017.01.16

folk beliefs

[Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture] "Osaki, the guardian deity of Sendai and a national treasure, famous for the naked pilgrimage of the Donto Festival...

Osaki Hachiman Shrine is a shrine located on the west side of Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, along Prefectural Route 31 (Sendai Murata Line) in Yahata, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, which is a designated city by ordinance.

NEFT Editorial Department2016.09.14