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Iwashimizu Hachimangū 石清水八幡宮

Iwashimizu Hachimangū (石清水八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Twenty-Two Shrines in the Heian period ranked system of Shinto shrines, and along with the Ise Grand Shrine, one of the two royal ancestral shrines for the Imperial family.

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Iwashimizu Hachimangū — 石清水八幡宮
Photo: KENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
LocationYawata, Kyoto (八幡市 京都府)
Coordinates34.87972, 135.70000 · Open in Google Maps
TypeShrine garden
Cultural propertyHistoric Site of Japan, National Treasure of Japan
Established0860
Official websitehttp://www.iwashimizu.or.jp

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