Kushida Shrine

The Shrine of Hakata Gion Yamagasa Festival. Located in Hakata nearby Canal City Hakata

and was built in 757 as a guardian deity of Hakata. The most exciting summer festival in Kyushu,

Hakata Gion Yamakasa is held in the shrine in July. The tall Kazari Yamakasa, a luxuriously

decorated float, is always displayed. The float was constructed without using even a single nail.

The Oi Yamakasa, in which floats weighing over a ton race through the streets of Hakata carried

on the shoulders of 26 people, presents a dynamic spectacle of bravery and strength that attracts

many spectators.

The shrine is also famous as place of Setsubun ceremony ( Bean throwing ceremony)

which is held on February 3^rd every year.

Torii gate

Entrance

Shrine main building

Deity of Shinto

Sacred Crane Well

Fortune telling piece

of paper

Donation of Sake

Hakata Gion Yamakawa

Yamakawa decoration

Red Torii

1,000 years Ginkgo tree

Shrine precinct

Location of Fukuoka-city

General information

Address	1-41 Kamikawabata, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access	5 minutes walk from Subway Gion station 7 minutes walk from Subway Nakasu kawabata station 15 minutes walk from JR Hakata station
Open hours	4:00 to 22:00
Admission fee	No fee is required
Days closed	No closing days