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Yatsushiro City

History and Culture
  • Yatsushiro Shrine
    • Myokengu has been called the "Yatsushiro Shrine" since the Meiji era.  It's known lovingly as "Myoken-san" by the locals.
  • Myokengu
    • Those who were of the Myoken faith, which viewed the Big Dipper and the North Star as gods, are said to have ridden a Kida in the 9th year of Hakuho(680) and crossed the ocean.  This was the beginning and now there are three shrines, the Jogu, Chugu and Gegu.
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