Yabo Tenmangū

Yabo Tenmangū 谷保天満宮
Honden of Yabo Tenmangū
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Sugawara no Michizane
Type	Shimmei Shrine
Location
Location	5209 Yaho, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°40′48.6″N 139°26′37.2″E
Architecture
Date established	903
Website
www.yabotenmangu.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Yabo Tenman-gū (谷保天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan.[1]

History

Located next to the Kōshū Kaidō highway, Yabo Tenman-gū claims to be the oldest Shinto shrine in the Kantō region dedicated to Tenjin, the deified Sugawara no Michizane, having been built in 903 AD by Michizane's third son.[2]

See also

• Yushima Tenman-gū
• Tenjin Matsuri

References

1. "谷保天満宮【谷保天神】 - 東京都神社庁". www.tokyo-jinjacho.or.jp (in Japanese). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
2. 三橋健 (2011-01-20). 決定版知れば知るほど面白い！ 神道の本 (in Japanese). 西東社. p. 179. ISBN 978-4-7916-1816-3.

External links

• Yabo Tenman-gū
• Media related to Yaho Temman-gū at Wikimedia Commons