Akama Shrine
Akama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who died in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, which occurred nearby in 1185.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Akama Grand Shrine”, “Akama Jingu”, and “Akama Jingū”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sino-Japan Peace Treaty Memorial Hall and Dairen Shrine.
Sino-Japan Peace Treaty Memorial Hall
Museum
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sino-Japan Peace Treaty Memorial Hall is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karato and Moji-ku.
Karato
Quarter
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Karato is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market.
Moji-ku
Suburb
Moji-ku is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963.
Akama Shrine
- Categories: jingū, Beppyo Shrine, Suitengū, and religion
- Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Akama Shrine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Slovenian—“Akama Shrine” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Akama məbədi”
- Basque: “Akama santutegia”
- Chinese: “赤間神宮”
- Chinese: “赤间神宫”
- Dutch: “Akama Shrine”
- French: “Akama-jingū”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Agung Akama”
- Japanese: “あかまじんぐう”
- Japanese: “赤間神宮”
- Japanese: “赤間神社”
- Korean: “아카마 신궁”
- Persian: “معبد آکاما”
- Russian: “Акама-дзингу”
- Slovenian: “džingu Akama”
- Slovenian: “svetišče Akama”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Amidaijichō and Akamachō.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Antoku Tennōryō and Tokyo Daiichi Shimonoseki.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Akama Shrine”. Photo: 설총, CC BY-SA 3.0.