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[Breaking News]Purification ritual at western Japan shrine

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Men carrying a portable shrine participate in a water purification ceremony to pray for an abundant catch and maritime safety at Katsuura Hachiman shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 21, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Purification ritual at western Japan shrine

Men carrying a portable shrine participate in a water purification ceremony to pray for an abundant catch and maritime safety at Katsuura Hachiman shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 21, 2025.

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Purification ritual at western Japan shrine

Men carrying a portable shrine participate in a water purification ceremony to pray for an abundant catch and maritime safety at Katsuura Hachiman shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024.

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Purification ritual at western Japan shrine

Men carrying a portable shrine participate in a water purification ceremony to pray for an abundant catch and maritime safety at Katsuura Hachiman shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024.

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Purification ritual at western Japan shrine

Men carrying a portable shrine participate in a water purification ceremony to pray for an abundant catch and maritime safety at Katsuura Hachiman shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 17, 2023.

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Kakuryu inscribes name on yokozuna monument at Tokyo shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo grand champion Kakuryu, the 71st yokozuna, poses during a ceremony to have his "shikona," or professional name as a sumo wrestler, inscribed on the "Yokozuna Rikishi Hi" stone monument next to those of his predecessors at Tomioka Hachiman Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Traditional mounted archery performed in Kamakura, Japan

KAMAKURA, Japan - An archer on a running horse shoots an arrow at a wooden target at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine in a show of traditional "Yabusame" Japanese archery in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2014. The martial art dates back to the beginning of the Kamakura period some 800 years ago.

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Vories' structures facing crisis of deterioration

OMI-HACHIMAN, Japan - Participants in a symposium held by the Japan National Trust of Tokyo stand in front of the wooden-structured Zucker Haus in the city of Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2006.

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Memorial service held for 7 Brazilians killed in pileup

OTSU, Japan - A memorial service for seven Brazilian men killed in a Nov. 13 seven-vehicle expressway pileup is held in Omi Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 20. About 60 people, including the family of the seven, attended the service.

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Woman, 3 children die in midnight fire

OTSU, Japan - Policemen and firefighters check a sweet shop and an adjoining house which were gutted by a predawn fire Aug. 31. A woman and her three children who lived in the house were killed in the fire in Omi-Hachiman in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.

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Osaka shrine prepares monkey-shaped clay bells for New Year

Making of monkey-shaped clay bells is underway at the Konda-hachiman Shrine in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2015, in preparation for the New Year, as 2016 falls on the Year of the Monkey. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tree-planting drive in tsunami-hit Miyagi spawns hope for fresh greenery

A family plants tree saplings at the Hachiman Shrine in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, during an event on June 14, 2015, to regenerate a forest at the shrine where 800 Japanese cedar trees were swept away in the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo landscape: Oldest iron bridge still in service

Photo taken on July 10, 2015, shows the Hachiman Bridge, the oldest iron bridge in Tokyo. Built in 1878 and designated as an important national cultural property, the bridge in Koto Ward is still used by residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vories' structures facing crisis of deterioration

OMI-HACHIMAN, Japan - Participants in a symposium held by the Japan National Trust of Tokyo stand in front of the wooden-structured Zucker Haus in the city of Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Memorial service held for 7 Brazilians killed in pileup

OTSU, Japan - A memorial service for seven Brazilian men killed in a Nov. 13 seven-vehicle expressway pileup is held in Omi Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 20. About 60 people, including the family of the seven, attended the service. (Kyodo)

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

The photograph bears the handwritten label Hachiman Temple Kamakura 92-16. A group of students is descending the stairs. The area at the bottom of the stairs resembles that in a photograph owned by the Abe family (former feudal lords of the Fukuyama Clan) taken around 1893, indicating that this photograph was taken between 1887 and 1892.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐16‐0]

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A scenery in the suburbs of Tokyo

This is the earthen bridge leading to Ichigaya Gomon (gate), which was located to the left. The main residence of the Tokugawa family of Owari was located on the hill to the left. It was destroyed in 1868, and the Military Academy was built there in 1878. Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine is on the right side of the hill, and the town of Ichigaya Hachiman is visible at the foot of the hill. This photograph was carried in an 1872 issue of The Far East and later tinted.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐24‐0]

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

Labeled L17 HACHIMAN(B), the photograph depicts the Jogu Romon (upper shrine gate). The tablet on the gate reads Hachiman-gu. Since the view from the bottom of the stairs is similar to that in a photograph taken in 1893 and no artillery monument can be seen, this photograph is thought to have been taken between 1887 and 1892.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐17‐0]

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A shrine in Kamakura

Wakamiya Shrine is also depicted in photograph #4744. Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine was established at the site of present-day Wakamiya Shrine in 1180. The building in this photograph is the one rebuilt in 1624 and now registered as an Important Cultural Asset. Thatched previously with bark shingles, the roof was covered in bronze after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. This photograph may have been taken by Stillfried.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐45‐0]

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The honden (inner sanctuary),Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

Labeled No. 1025. Shinto Temple Hachiman Kamakura, this was taken around the same time as photograph #4674. Unlike the appearance of this spot today, only a few cycad trees are growing on the raised terrace under the stone wall.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐25‐0]

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Mekari Shrine,Moji

This photo captures the torii gate and stone lanterns of Kou-Hachiman Shrine and the salt field behind. This site underwent a land reclamation project later, after the port development project. Although the torii gate no longer exists, the stone lanterns were moved to another location within the precincts. As all the stone lanterns at the shrine were made in 1884 and the reclamation was conducted after 1889, this photo was probably taken between those periods.==Date:unknown, Place:Moji, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number58‐2‐0]

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

The words Hachimangu-ji (Hachiman Shrine Temple) are inscribed on the tablet at the Jogu Romon (upper shrine gate). Tsurugaoka-Hachiman Shrine was a combination Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple until the end of the Edo period in 1868, when the temple was abolished in response to a government edict. This photograph was probably taken just before the temple buildings were removed.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐19‐0]

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Tsurugaoka hachimangu shrine and a big ginko tree

The Hachiman Shinto Shrine and great ginkgo trees. Hachiman Shrine was first built in Yuigahama by Minamoto Yoriyoshi in 1063, but later it was moved to the present site at Mt. Kita by the Shogun Yoritomo. It became the guardian of Kamakura. The Shogun Sanetomo is said to have been assassinated by Kugyo in 1219 under the gigantic gingko tree to the left.(This shrine is designated as a natural monument by Kanagawa prefecture.)==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐15‐0]

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Traditional mounted archery performed in Kamakura, Japan

KAMAKURA, Japan - An archer on a running horse shoots an arrow at a wooden target at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine in a show of traditional "Yabusame" Japanese archery in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2014. The martial art dates back to the beginning of the Kamakura period some 800 years ago. (Kyodo)

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Iwashimizu Hachiman, Kyoto

Iwashimizu Hachiman, Kyoto==Date:Early Meiji, Place:kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Disaster-hit shrines in Fukushima

Photo taken in April 2019 shows a fallen stone monument and the temporary pavilion (back) at Hachiman Shrine in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A plan has been forged to establish a new place of worship on the grounds of Hachiman Shrine as a substitute for many other shrines in the prefecture that were damaged or made inaccessible by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster-hit shrines in Fukushima

Photo taken in April 2019 shows priests conducting a ritual in front of the temporary pavilion of Hachiman Shrine in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A plan has been forged to establish a new place of worship on the grounds of Hachiman Shrine as a substitute for many other shrines in the prefecture that were damaged or made inaccessible by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster-hit shrines in Fukushima

Photo taken in April 2019 shows chief priest Hirohisa Takakura conducting a ritual in front of the temporary pavilion of Hachiman Shrine in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A plan has been forged to establish a new place of worship on the grounds of Hachiman Shrine as a substitute for many other shrines in the prefecture that were damaged or made inaccessible by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo