Tamukeyama Hachimangu Shrine

3.5

This is a shrine in Nara City. It is located in Tamukeyama which is famous as a beauty spot for its autumnal leaves, and it is built to the north of Tōdai-ji’s Hokke-do Hall (also called “Sangastu-do Hall”). Its origins lie in the summoning and enshrinement secured from Kyoto’s Usa Hachimangu Shrine which were the deities summoned to protect Tōdai-ji on the occasion of Tōdai-ji and the Great Buddha being built. The ancient log house structure of the treasure house was relocated from the master’s warehouse from Tōdai-ji’s oil storehouse in the Nara period, and it is designated as an Important Cultural Property. Also housed on the grounds of the temple are such a National Treasure as a “Chinese-style ritual saddle” and an Important Cultural Property like a “21 wooden bugaku theatre mask”.

Spot details

Address: Nara Pref. Narashi Zoushichou 434 Map
Area: Nara Park Area
Phone: 0742234404
Closed: Grounds free
Parking Lot: Not available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Itineraries about this spot

14 days: Osaka, Nara, Wakayama, Hyogo, Kyoto, Ishikawa, Nagano, Tokyo, Kanagawa

14 day(s)

Review

Small and Satisfying

Reviewed : 2023.04.07

A small, attractive shrine. I purchased my first goshuincho there, and the lady wrote something lovely that I cant yet read (my Japanese is limited!) in my book, so I was very pleased.
Small Shinto Shrine Free From Deer And Tourists

Reviewed : 2019.09.20

This was a small Shinto Shrine up the hill behind the Todaiji Temple and the February and March Halls.It was quite basic and simple and a typical Shinto structure.Worth a look.It was built in the...
Bird shrine

Reviewed : 2019.05.08

This place was unexpected. Apparently it is a shrine dedicated to protecting Todaiji, one of the most famous Buddhist temples in Japan. Its a nice shrine, but overshadowed by the other shrines in...