Sumiyoshi Shrine
Sumiyoshi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Sumiyoshi neighborhood of Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Chikuzen Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- Also known as: “Chikuzen Ichinomiya” and “Sumiyoshi-jinja”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rakusui-en and Hakata Station.
Rakusui-en
Photo: STA3816, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rakusui-en is a garden in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It was originally built in 1906 for Shimozawa Zenemon Chikamasa, a Hakata merchant. In 1995, Fukuoka City overhauled the structure and reopened it as a Japanese garden where visitors can experience a tea ceremony; with four tea rooms it is often used for tea ceremonies and related training.
Hakata Station
Railway station
Hakata Station is a major railway station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Kyushu, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travelers coming from Honshu by rail travel. Hakata Station is situated 1 km northeast of Sumiyoshi Shrine.
Kushida Shrine
Shinto shrine
Kushida-jinja is a Shinto shrine located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Dedicated to Amaterasu and Susanoo, it is said to have been founded in 757. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is centred on the shrine. Kushida Shrine is situated 1 km north of Sumiyoshi Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakasu and Gokusho.
Nakasu
Quarter
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nakasu is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is an island between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River.
Sumiyoshi Shrine
- Categories: ichinomiya, Sumiyoshi shrine, Beppyo Shrine, Shikinaisha, Myōjin Taisha, shrine dedicated to Empress Jingū, Kokuhei-sha, Shikinai Hiteisha, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.58574° or 33° 35′ 9″ northLongitude
130.41352° or 130° 24′ 49″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8Q5GHCP7+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 45779271OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Sumiyoshi Shrine” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sumiyoshi-jinja”
- Chinese: “住吉神社”
- Dutch: “Sumiyoshi-jinja”
- Dutch: “Sumiyoshi-schrijn”
- French: “Sumiyoshi-jinja”
- French: “Temple Sumiyoshi”
- German: “Sumiyoshi-Schrein”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Sumiyoshi”
- Japanese: “すみよしじんじゃ”
- Japanese: “住吉神社”
- Japanese: “筑前国一宮”
- Korean: “스미요시 신사”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sumiyoshi-jinja”
- Spanish: “Sumiyoshi-jinja”
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