Ushijima Shrine Ushijima Shrine where Ushi-oni is enshrined Incarnation of Susano-no-mikoto

Ushijima Shrine, a Shinto shrine founded by the Buddhist monk Jikaku Daishi Ennin

Since it has been in existence for more than 1,000 years, old remains are casually placed here and there.
At first, I visited the shrine mistaking it for a Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine because of the word “Ushijima” in the name,
However, the atmosphere was completely different.

There is a mysterious legend in “Azuma-kan” (Azuma’s Book of History) from the Kamakura period.

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