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Kamakura Sights

Egaraten-Jinja

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  • Address
    • 74 Nikaidō
  • Phone
    • 0467 25 1772
  • Price
    • admission free
  • Hours
    • 8.30am-4.30pm

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Students come to Egaraten-jinja to pray for academic success. Like other Tenjin shrines, Egara is dedicated to the memory of Michizane Sugawara, a Kyoto scholar of noble birth who was born in the middle of the 9th century. Students write their aspirations on ema (small votive plaques), which are then hung to the right of the shrine. Buses taken from stop 6 in front of Kamakura Station run out to Egara Tenjinja; get off at Tenjin-mae.

 

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