Yabo Tenmangū

Yabo Tenmangū
谷保天満宮
Honden of Yabo Tenmangū
Shown within Japan
Basic information
Location 5209 Yaho, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo
Geographic coordinates 35°40′48.6″N 139°26′37.2″E / 35.680167°N 139.443667°E / 35.680167; 139.443667Coordinates: 35°40′48.6″N 139°26′37.2″E / 35.680167°N 139.443667°E / 35.680167; 139.443667
Affiliation Shinto
Deity Sugawara no Michizane
Type Shimmei Shrine
Website www.yabotenmangu.or.jp
Date established 903
Glossary of Shinto

Yabo Tenman-gū (谷保天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan.

History

Located next to the Kōshū Kaidō highway, Yabo Tenman-gū claims to be the oldest Shinto shrine in the Kantō region dedicated to Tenjin, the deified Sugawara no Michizane, having been built in 903 AD by Michizane’s third son.

See also

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