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Our guide
Kagoshima Jingū, in the Hayato area of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima, was the ichinomiya of the former Ōsumi Province. It was historically also known as Ōsumi Shō-Hachiman-gū and Kokubu Hachiman-gū. Its main festival is held every year on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the precincts have been a National Historic Site since 1972.
Hayato Station on the Nippō Main Line is about 1.1 km away in a straight line, and Kokubu Castle about 3.7 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Kagoshima-jingu, chokushiden-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu Auxiliary Auxiliary-Shrine Gomon-jinja 001 — Naokijp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu Auxiliary Auxiliary-Shrine Ama-no-yashiro 001 — Naokijp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, shinden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, shaden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, otorii — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, honden and haiden-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, honden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, entrance — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Kagoshima-jingu, Ukemochi-jinja — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Kagoshima Shrine (鹿児島神宮, Kagoshima-jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in the Hayatomachi-uchi neighborhood of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Ōsumi Province. The main festival of the shrine are held annually on August 15 by the lunar calendar. Historically it was also known by the names Ōsumi Shō-Hachiman-gū (大隅正八幡宮) and Kokubu Hachiman-gū (国分八幡宮). The shrine precincts was designated as a National Historic Site in 1972.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Hayato (Nippō Main Line), about 1.1 km from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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