Hakodate Hachiman Shrine (函館八幡宮, Hakodate Hachimangū) is a Shinto shrine located in Hakodate, Hokkaido. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It is also a Sōja shrine that enshrines all the deities of its region, although it technically does not have a province.

It was established in 1445. Its main festival is held annually on August 15. Kami enshrined here include Emperor Ōjin as Hondawake no mikoto (品陀和気命), Sumiyoshi no Okami (住吉大神), and Kotohira no Okami (金刀比羅大神). It was formerly a National Shrine of the Second Rank (国幣中社, kokuhei-chūsha) in the modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.

Hakodate Hachimangū

See also

Hachiman shrine

External links

Data page From Hokkaido Jinjacho

Beppyo shrines

1445 establishments in Asia

Shinto shrines in Hokkaido

15th-century establishments in Japan

Hachiman shrines

Religious buildings and structures completed in 1445

15th-century Shinto shrines

Kokuhei Chūsha

Sōja shrines

Kotohira shrines

Hakodate Hachimangū