Kitano Tenmangū is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
The honden, or main building.
Two women praying in front of the chishusha (地主社)
Lanterns hang from the eaves of the main buildings.
A maiko serving tea at the plum blossom festival.
Tenmangū is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14,000 such shrines in Japan; famous examples include:
Kitano Tenmangū
…Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Tenmangū Tenjin Matsuri…
Dazaifu Tenman-gū, One of the head shrine of Tenman-gū.
Symbol of Tenman-gū, statue of a cow lying down. (Dazaifu Tenman-gū)