Tsushima Province Reference entry
Izuhara Hachimangu
厳原八幡宮
Izuhara Hachimangu is listed here for reference under the former Tsushima Province, in present-day Nagasaki. It is not on the Ichinomiya Junpaikai’s list. It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee. The nearest other ichinomiya is Wadatsumi Jinja, 29 km to the north in a straight line.
This is a reference entry
This shrine is not on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association (Zenkoku Ichinomiya Junpaikai). We include it for context. It is not presented as a current ichinomiya.
No primary source found.
Getting there
長崎県対馬市厳原町中村645-1
This shrine is on an island
It is on Tsushima and can only be reached by boat or plane. Ports, operators and crossing times →
The address is given in Japanese on purpose. Show it to a taxi driver, or copy it into a car navigation system — an English transliteration will not be recognised.
For a car navigation system
- Coordinates
- From OpenStreetMap, as 厳原八幡宮神社. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
The primary sources we checked describe the way here only by car, not by public transport.
Parking
It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee.
This routes you to the car park, not to the hall. From this car park to the hall is about 110 m in a straight line (the walk is longer). The location is taken from OpenStreetMap and has not been checked on the ground.
History in brief
- Founding
- According to tradition, Empress Jingū held rites on Mt. Shimizu on her way back from the Korean peninsula, praying for protection against foreign invasion.
- History
- It has long been revered by the islanders, including the lords of the Tsushima domain.
Summarised from a local tourism body (厳原八幡宮神社｜対馬観光物産協会, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Ojin-Tenno 應神天皇 10 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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旧8月15日 例祭
This is an old-calendar date; the Gregorian day differs every year.
source
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Wadatsumi Jinja, about 29 km to the north in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Amenotanagao Jinja (62 km south-east) and Oki Jinja (63 km south-east).
Straight-line distances between the shrines, not road distances. Across mountains or water, the drive is much longer.
Why this shrine is called an ichinomiya
No primary source found
We could not find any primary source calling this shrine an ichinomiya — not the shrine’s own site, and not any public body. We say so rather than assume.
Not found on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association.
The Tsushima Tourism and Products Association says only that it is “an old shrine that has drawn the reverence of the islanders, the lords of the Tsushima domain among them, since early times”, and makes no mention of the ichinomiya title. No primary source for treating it as the ichinomiya of Tsushima Province could be found.
- https://www.tsushima-net.org/tourism-history/hachiman-jinja (checked 2026-09-09)
- 全国一の宮巡拝会『全国一の宮神社所在地』（平成30年5月・改訂版 第4版） (checked 2026-09-09)
More on how the shrines of this province relate to one another is on the Tsushima Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Tsushima Province (Saikaidō)
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki
- Engishiki (927)
- Shōsha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kensha
Sources
- https://www.tsushima-net.org/tourism-history/hachiman-jinja (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.city.tsushima.nagasaki.jp/ijyu/koutsuu/tounai.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.nagasaki-jinjacho.or.jp/search-tsushima.html (checked 2026-09-10)
- https://nagasaki-jinjacho.or.jp/tsushima.html (checked 2026-10-01)
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