Hitomaru Shrine
📍 Yamaguchi, Hagi · 1700 Tsubaki-higashi, Hagi, Yamaguchi
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
This shrine honors the legendary poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaru, whose literary genius echoes through the ages. Students of verse and seekers of cultural refinement have long made pilgrimage here. The divine blessing that nurtures scholarship and artistic mastery continues to bloom in Hagi like the camellia flowers of old.
Benefits
Academic successPoetry masteryCultural flourishing