Morioka Hachimangu

Morioka Hachimangu a Shinto shrine in the city of Morioka, Iwate in northern Japan. The shrine is noted for its annual pageant on the second Saturday in June, that's well-known for the Chagu Chagu Umakko, a horse parade which became identified in 1978 as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.In 1996 the sound of the bells of the Chagu Chagu Umakko was decided on with the aid of the Ministry of the Environment as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. The shrine is likewise mentioned for its displays of yabusame horse archery throughout its annual pageant on September 15.

The Morioka Hachimangu was set up in 1062 throughout the past due Heian period whilst Minamoto no Yoriyoshi added a bunrei of the Minamoto clan’s tutelary shrine, the Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto to hope for victory in his campaign in opposition to the Abe clan inside the Former Nine Years War. It changed into firstly referred to as the Hatomori Hachimangu The shrine became rebuilt in 1593 through the Nanbu clan to be the protecting shrine for Morioka Castle. Under the State Shinto system of shrine ranking from 1871 via 1946, the Morioka Hachimang was formally targeted as a prefectural shrine. The Edo-period shrine structures burned down in 1884. The present predominant structure dates from 2006.