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Year of Horse in 2026

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows clay bells each topped with a horse at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. A total of 1,300 bells are on sale at the shrine ahead of 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

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Year of Horse in 2026

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows a clay bell topped with a horse at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. A total of 1,300 bells are on sale at the shrine ahead of 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

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Year of Snake in 2025

Making of clay bells topped with snakes is under way at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2024, in preparation for 2025, the Year of Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

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Year of Snake in 2025

Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2024, shows a clay bell topped with a snake at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Production of the bells is at its peak in preparation for 2025, the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine

Photo taken on March 13, 2024, shows Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura near Tokyo.

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine

Photo taken on March 13, 2024, shows Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura near Tokyo.

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine

Photo taken on March 13, 2024, shows Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura near Tokyo.

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Snowfall in Tokyo region

Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024, shows Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the snow in Kamakura near Tokyo.

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Snowfall in Tokyo region

Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024, shows Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the snow in Kamakura near Tokyo.

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Scene of shrine head murder in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - Police officers work at the scene of a murder-suicide at Tomioka Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2017.

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Horse riders ascend steps of Hokkaido shrine

HAKODATE, Japan - Members of a riding club in Hakodate, Hokkaido, northern Japan, ride up 134 steps on Hokkaido-bred "dosanko" horses in the precincts of the Hakodate Hachimangu shrine in front of worshippers at an annual event on Jan. 2, 2015.

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Western Japan Shinto shrine sells lucky charms

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Charms with attractive "kanji" characters such as "un" for luck and "qi" for life energy written on them are on sale on Dec. 5, 2014, at Kotozaki Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected.

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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected.

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Takayama Autumn Festival in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather to see colorful floats around Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. The two-day Takayama Autumn Festival began the same day with 200,000 visitors expected.

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Hula dance performance at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People from the Hawaiian island of Kauai dance a hula on the Maiden, a stage for dance and music performances, at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on May 17, 2014.

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Hula dance performance at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People from the Hawaiian island of Kauai dance a hula on the Maiden, a stage for dance and music performances, at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on May 17, 2014.

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'Mud Festival' held in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - A young girl puts mud on a man's face during the "Doronko Matsuri" (Mud Festival) at the Wakamiya Hachimangu Shinto shrine in the city of Kochi on April 5, 2014. Participants of the festival wish for good health and a good harvest.

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Burning Daruma dolls

MAEBASHI, Japan - Around 100 Daruma (Dharma) dolls are burned during a rite to thank the talisman for the accomplishment of wishes at Maebashi Hachimangu shrine in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2013.

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Buddhist, Shinto joint service for disaster victims

KAMAKURA, Japan - A Buddhist priest (L) conducts a ritual for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a memorial service held jointly by Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shinto shrine and Todaiji Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2011. On the right are Shinto priests taking part in the rite.

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Children's Day event in disaster-hit Yamada

YAMADA, Japan - People attend an event to celebrate the Children's Day holiday on May 5, 2011, at Yamada Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The event was organized by the head priest of the shrine to encourage children affected by the disaster.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - People associated with Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity pray to calm the sea at the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the city the same day to pray for disaster victims and recovery.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - Shinto priests and Buddhist monks walk to a beach while soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief from the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the historic earthquake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the shrine the same day to pray for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and recovery from the disaster.

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Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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Shrine damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A ''torii'' gate collapses at Oi Hachimangu Shrine in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 11 after a strong earthquake hit the prefecture southwest of Tokyo and its vicinity the same day.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival.

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45 hurt, traffic disrupted as snow hits central, eastern Japan

KAMAKURA, Japan - Two priests walk in the snow-coated premises of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 3. At least 45 people were injured in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture and traffic was disrupted as a low-pressure system heading east-northeast dumped heavy snow in wide areas of the Pacific side of central and eastern Japan.

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Dosanko horses ridden to New Year's prayers at Hokkaido shrine

HAKODATE, Japan - Dressed in traditional Japanese warrior costume, riders astride Hokkaido-bred Dosanko horses ascend the Hakodate Hachimangu shrine on Jan. 2 to offer New Year prayers for the safety of man and horse. Reputedly strong in leg, the five Dosanko horses taking part in the annual event climb up the 134 stone steps of the Shinto shrine in less than 1 minute. According to Shigeru Ikeda, owner of the Dosanko Farm horse-riding club in Hakodate, there are about 1,000 Dosanko horses in Hokkaido today, while an estimated 100,000 Dosanko roamed free in Hokkaido in the late 19th century.

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Takayama Festival in central Japan

A Shinto ritual is held at Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2021, for the annual Autumn Takayama Festival. Exhibition of decorated floats, the festival's main event, was canceled for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19.

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Takayama Festival in central Japan

A Shinto ritual is held at Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2021, for the annual Autumn Takayama Festival. Exhibition of decorated floats, the festival's main event, was canceled for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19.

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YABUSAME ARCHERY

YABUSAME ARCHERY,kamakura,Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine==Date:Oct, 1966, Place:Kanagawa,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese crown prince visits historic shrine in Kyoto Pref.

Crown Prince Naruhito (R) visits the Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shinto shrine in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2015. The Hachimangu's main shrine is to be designated as a national treasure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the central Japan city of Takayama on Oct. 9, 2015, at the start of the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan. The two-day festival is expected to attract some 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shinto dance, hula jointly performed in Honolulu

Photo taken Oct. 7, 2015, in Honolulu, Hawaii, shows performers of a traditional hula (L) and Shinto music and dance from Japan's Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the ancient city of Kamakura, near Tokyo, (R). They have continued exchanges for the past seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the central Japan city of Takayama on Oct. 9, 2015, at the start of the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan. The two-day festival is expected to attract some 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shinto dance, hula jointly performed in Honolulu

Photo taken Oct. 7, 2015, in Honolulu, Hawaii, shows a performance of a traditional hula. The performance was also joined by Shinto music and dance from Japan's Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the ancient city of Kamakura, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shinto dance, hula jointly performed in Honolulu

Photo taken Oct. 7, 2015, in Honolulu, Hawaii, shows a performance of Shinto music and dance from Japan's Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in an old city of Kamakura, near Tokyo. The performance was also joined by a group of dancers of a traditional hula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics organizing committee chief visits shrine

Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori (front) prays at Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2020, for the success of the Summer Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scene of shrine head murder in Tokyo

Police officers work at the scene of a murder-suicide at Tomioka Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2016, as the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan, commences for two days. The festival is expected to attract around 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo landscape: Big yokozuna stone monument at shrine

Photo taken on July 10, 2015, shows a huge stone monument of yokozuna (grand champions) at the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine as sumo events were held there from 1684 for about 100 years. The names of successive grand champions are inscribed on it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo landscape: "Otorii" gate on approach to shrine

Photo taken on July 10, 2015, shows a giant "Otorii" gate on the approach to the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo landscape: Statue of pioneer cartographer stands at shrine

Photo taken on July 10, 2015, shows a bronze statue of pioneer cartographer Ino Tadataka along the approach to the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo. He completed the first maps covering the whole of Japan based on a unified survey system in the early 19th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo landscape: Traditional rice bowl served on shrine premises

Photo taken on July 22, 2015, shows a traditional "Fukagawa-meshi" set meal that features a bowl of rice with deeply fried clams and onions in "miso" (soybean paste) soup and another bowl of rice cooked with various ingredients at a restaurant on the premises of the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine on the east side of the Sumida River in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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45 hurt, traffic disrupted as snow hits central, eastern Japan

KAMAKURA, Japan - Two priests walk in the snow-coated premises of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 3. At least 45 people were injured in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture and traffic was disrupted as a low-pressure system heading east-northeast dumped heavy snow in wide areas of the Pacific side of central and eastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Dosanko horses ridden to New Year's prayers at Hokkaido shrine

HAKODATE, Japan - Dressed in traditional Japanese warrior costume, riders astride Hokkaido-bred Dosanko horses ascend the Hakodate Hachimangu shrine on Jan. 2 to offer New Year prayers for the safety of man and horse. Reputedly strong in leg, the five Dosanko horses taking part in the annual event climb up the 134 stone steps of the Shinto shrine in less than 1 minute. According to Shigeru Ikeda, owner of the Dosanko Farm horse-riding club in Hakodate, there are about 1,000 Dosanko horses in Hokkaido today, while an estimated 100,000 Dosanko roamed free in Hokkaido in the late 19th century. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival. (Kyodo)

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The Kaguraden and honden (inner sanctuary),Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

On the left is the Kaguraden of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu (lower hall of worship). At the top of the stairs is the main shrine of Hachimangu. There are 62 steps in total. The Hachimangu that Yoritomo moved from Tsurugaoka is said to have been located under the staircase, but it was burned in a fire in 1193 and moved to the present higher location in November of the same year. The building on the left is the Kaguraden. The woman standing in front is probably visiting the shrine for worship.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐16‐0]

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A mikoshi (portable shrine) of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

Interior view of the kairo (cloister) of the Upper Shrine. The cloister was rebuilt in 1828 and is now a National Important Cultural Asset. A beautiful design is painted under the eaves. Renovated in the beginning of the Showa Period, this building remains as a valuable source of information about the designs used from the Edo Period. The mikoshi (portable shrines) were made during the Momoyama or Edo Period, and seven of them remain as Prefectural Tangible Ethnological Assets.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐41‐0]