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Our guide
Hirasaki Shrine, also read Hirakiki Jinja, is in the Kaimon area of the city of Ibusuki, Kagoshima. Together with Nitta Shrine, it claims the position of ichinomiya of the former Satsuma Province. Its main festival is held every year from 14 to 16 October.
Kaimon Station on the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line is about 600 m away in a straight line. Tōsenkyō is about 1.4 km away and Mt. Kaimon about 3.3 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
- Hirakiki shrine — Tam0031 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Hirakiki shrine 01 — Sakoppi · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Hirakiki-jinja — Suikotei · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 枚聞神社二の鳥居 — 小池 隆 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 枚聞神社勅使殿 — 小池 隆 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 枚聞神社一の鳥居 — 小池 隆 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Sangoku-meisho-zue-vol.23 hirakiki shrine — 薩摩藩 · Public domain · source · resized
- 『南薩写真大観之巻 』 — National Diet Library Digital Collections: Persistent ID 1112098 · Public domain · source · resized
- Hirakiki-jinja (Ibusuki, Kagoshima) VLux5 hdsr mh05 — Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Hirakiki-jinja (Ibusuki, Kagoshima) VLux5 hdsr ge10 — Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Hirasaki Shrine (枚聞神社, Hirasaki-jinja), also known as Hirakiki-jinja, is a Shinto shrine in the Kaimonjuttcho neighborhood of the city of Ibusuki in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Nitta Shrine, it claims the position of ichinomiya of former Satsuma Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually from October 14 to 16.
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Kaimon (Ibusuki Makurazaki Line), about 600 m 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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