kagami tenmanguu

Kagami Tenmangū is a shrine located in Kawabata, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, dedicated to the scholar-deity Sugawara no Michizane. According to shrine tradition, when Michizane was exiled to Dazaifu, he stopped at this site and gazed at his reflection in the river. He enshrined the mirror used on that occasion, which became the principal object of worship — hence the name Kagami (Mirror) Tenmangū. The shrine attracts many visitors praying for academic success and passing examinations. It is a subsidiary shrine of Kushida Shrine, the guardian of all Hakata, and the surrounding area forms part of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa procession route.