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Our guide
Tamanooya Shrine, in the Ōsaki area of the city of Hōfu, Yamaguchi, was the ichinomiya of the former Suō Province. Its main festival is held every year on the Saturday and Sunday nearest 25 September. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short.
Hōfu Tenmangū is about 3.8 km away. We have not checked a public-transport route.
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
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), haiden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), torii — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), shinmon — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), shaden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), ichinotorii-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), honden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja (Hofu), Tamanoiwaya — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya-jinja haiden — ChiefHira · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Tamanooya jinja 2nd Gate — ChiefHira · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Tamanooya Jinja (玉祖神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ōsaki neighborhood of the city of Hōfu in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Suō Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on the Saturday & Sunday nearest September 25.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
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