Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine

The Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine (若宮八幡社 Wakamiya Hachimansha) in Suehiro-chō, Sakae 3-chōme in the Naka ward of Nagoya is a historic Shinto shrine.[1]

The haiden of the Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine
Historic print with an aerial view of the shrine, from the Owari meisho zue (1880)

It dates back to the Taihō era (701-704).[2] It was the main shrine of the Owari Tokugawa family.

The shrine was destroyed in the bombing of Nagoya in World War II, but rebuilt in 1957.[3][4]

A large festival is held there every May.[5][6]

References
  1. https://www.nagoya-info.jp/spot/detail/112/
  2. http://kikuko-nagoya.com/html/wakamiya-hachimansha.html
  3. https://centrip-japan.com/article/190.html
  4. http://kikuko-nagoya.com/html/wakamiya-hachimansha.html
  5. https://www.nagoya-info.jp/en/event/detail/11/
  6. https://www.nipponnews.net/features/traditional-japan-features/wakamiya-hachiman-sha-shrine-festival-in-nagoya/

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