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Our guide
Kagami Shrine in Karatsu, Saga, stands at the foot of Mount Kagami (280 m) in Genkai Quasi-National Park. Now called Matsura Sōchinju Kagami-jinja, it has had many earlier names, among them Kagami-no-mikoto Byōgū, Kagami-gū and Matsuura-gū. It was the sōja, the chief shrine, of Matsura County in the former Hizen Province. The shrine has a small museum; its Goryeo-dynasty image of the Willow Kannon, dated 1310 and a Cultural Property, is now kept at the Saga Prefectural Museum.
Nijinomatsubara Station is about 1.2 km away in a straight line. Nijinomatsubara is about 1.4 km away and Karatsu 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
- Kagami-jinja Ichi-no-miya — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tanka Monument of The Tale of Genji in Kagami-jinja — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagami kunchi — DoctorDoughnut · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagami-jinja Ni-no-miya — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagami-jinja Chozuya - Bosui — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagami-jinja Ita-Jizo — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagami-jinja Ichi-no-torii — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kagami-jinja Kosodate Komainu — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Kagami-jinja (鏡神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Karatsu, Saga prefecture, Japan. The shrine is at the base of Mount Kagami (280 metres (920 ft)) in Genkai Quasi-National Park. It is now called Matsura Sōchinshu Kagami-jinja (松浦総鎮守鏡神社), and formerly known as the name of Kagami no mikoto Byōgū (鏡尊廟宮), Kagami-gū (鏡宮), Matsuura-gū (松浦宮), Itabitsu-sha (板櫃社) and Kuri Daimyōjin (久里大明神). Kagami-jinja was the head shrine of Matsura County in the former Hizen Province and is classified historically as a "Sosha". The shrine has a small museum preserving remaining artifacts, including an image of Yōryū Kannon from Goryeo Dynasty of Korea in 1310, now kept at the Saga Prefectural Museum, is the Cultural Properties of Japan.
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: Nijinomatsubara, about 1.2 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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