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Yamaguchi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). ...
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Sugawara no Michizane , or , was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in '' waka'' and '' kanshi'' poetry, and is today revered in Shinto as the god of learning, . In the famed poem anthology ' ...
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Kitano Tenman-gū , also known as in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. During hi ...
* Three Great Tenjin Shrines *
Tenjin Matsuri is a festival held throughout Japan around the 25th of the month every year at ''Tenmangū'' shrines, the months varying depending on the location of the shrine. The festival commemorates the death anniversary of the deity Sugawara no Michizane, ...


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(Official site) Shinto shrines in Yamaguchi Prefecture Important Cultural Properties of Yamaguchi Prefecture 10th-century establishments in Japan Sugawara no Michizane Religious buildings and structures completed in 1958 Hōfu, Yamaguchi 904 establishments Religious buildings and structures completed in the 900s 10th-century Shinto shrines 20th-century Shinto shrines Tenjin (kami) Beppyo shrines Ken-sha Yamaguchi Prefecture designated tangible cultural property {{Shinto-shrine-stub