Munakata Taisha, Betsugu Shrine

Floating about 11km off the coast of the mainland of Kyushu, Oshima is the largest island in Fukuoka Prefecture with a circumference of about 15km. The Nakatsu-gū, which celebrates the first pillar of the Three Goddesses of Munakata, the Dantsu-Hime-no-gami, is located by the port of Oshima on the southwestern shore of the island, and is located across the sea to face the Munakata Taisha Bezū. The main shrine is built in the first half of the 17th century and is designated by the Fukuoka Prefecture. It is also said to be the birthplace of the Tanabata legend, and the Milky Way flows in the precincts, along with the Ohime Shrine and the Kenkyū Shrine, which also benefit from the bounds. The Nakazumiya Tanabata Festival is an early summer wind poem that continues from the Kamakura period. It is one of the constituent assets of the World Heritage Site "" "Kamishukuru Island" Munakata/Okinoshima and Related Heritage Groups ".

A shaishō in the Okinoshima (Munakata Taisha Okitsugu) on the north side of the Ōshima. Okinoshima, whose entire island is a sacred body, has been banned from common people since ancient times due to strict contraindications. For that reason, he has been worshiping the island floating far off this land. From the stone monument engraved with "Kannobu 3rd year (1750)" standing beside the stone steps to the camp, it can be seen that a camp was built in the middle of the Edo period. The present place of worship was built in 1933 (Showa 8). On a good day, you can visit the Okinoshima which floats on a horizontal line about 50km away from here. It is one of the constituent assets of the World Heritage Site "" "Kamishukuru Island" Munakata/Okinoshima and Related Heritage Groups ".

An island called "Kamikukururu Island" with a four-kilometre circumference that floats about 60km off the mainland of Kyushu. It is the Okitsu-gū, which delights the Tashin Hime-jin (Tago-ri-Hime no Kami), one pillar of the three goddess Munakata, and the entire island with three rocky reefs of Koya-jima, Momo-shiru, and Tenguiwa is the sacred body. It became a signpost of the voyage, and a national ritual was held in the hope of peace between the imperial family and the nation. As many as 22 ritual sites remain on the southwestern side of the island where the shrine stands, indicating the transition of the ritual to become a national designated historic site, and about 80,000 objects excavated from the ruins are designated as national treasures. Even now, strict contraindications are inherited, and general entry is not possible. Constituent assets of the World Heritage Site "" Kamikukuru Island "Munakata, Okinoshima and Related Heritage Groups".