Sights in Sagara, Kumamoto

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• Amemiya Shrine

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto · 0966-35-1034

  Hilltop rain-praying shrine in 35-meter forest called Totoro's Forest, with a giant stone tunnel.

• Fukami Kannon

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto · 0966-35-1030

  No. 18 of the Sagara 33 Kannon pilgrimage, prayed to for water and as the tooth god.

• Minomo Kannon

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto · 0966-35-1030

  No. 15 of the Sagara 33 Kannon pilgrimage, where people turning 60 pray for longevity.

• Toshima Kannon

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto · 0966-35-1030

  No. 14 of the Sagara 33 Kannon pilgrimage, enshrining Sho-Kannon in a hall built in 1995.

• Kamizono Kannon

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto · 0966-35-1030

  No. 17 of the Sagara 33 Kannon pilgrimage, said to protect children, cattle, and horses from illness.

• Mawari Kannon

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto · 0966-35-1030

  No. 18 of the Sagara 33 Kannon pilgrimage, long known as the god of moles.

• Toshima Sugawara Shrine

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto

  Shrine to Sugawara no Michizane, god of learning, the area's largest Tenjin; named for ten islands in its pond.

• Izawa Kumanoza Shrine

  

  Sagara, Kumamoto

  Sung in Kuma no Rokuchoshi, near the Kawabe-Kuma confluence; built by Hirakawa and restored by Sagara Yoshishige.