The Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine is now home to 6,000 donated plum trees. Michizane often visited Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto, a shrine originally associated with the deity of thunder. After deification ...

people dressed in exquisite period costumes recited poems at the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine here on March 3. Thirteen participants re-enacted “Kyokusui no En,” a millennium-old court ceremony ...

KYOTO—An ume blossom that sprouted at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine here in early March is ... who died in exile in Dazaifu in present-day Fukuoka Prefecture. According to legend, an ume tree ...

Dazaifu Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine where Sugawara Michizane rests, has long captivated people throughout history. This program introduces its mysterious charm and the seasonal colors of its precincts.