is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14,000 such shrines in Japan; famous examples include: Dazaifu Tenmangū (Dazaifu, Fukuoka) -- One of the Sōhonsha (head shrines) of Tenman-gū Kitano Tenmangū (Kamigyo, Kyoto) -- Another Sōhonsha of Tenman-gū Nagaoka Tenmangū (Nagaokakyo, Kyoto) Misode Tenmangū (Onomichi, Hiroshima) Osaka Tenmangū (Kita-ku, Osaka) Hōfu Tenmangū (Hofu, Yamaguchi) Yabo Tenmangū (Kunitachi, Tokyo) Yamada Tenmangū, Nagoya Yushima Tenmangū (Bunkyo, Tokyo) Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Koto, Tokyo) Dazaifu Tenman-gū and Kitano Tenmangū are often grouped together with another of these shrines and called the "Three Great Tenjin Shrines", but there is no generally accepted criterion for the selection of a third shrine. References Shinto shrines in Japan Tenjin faith