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Koganeyama Shrine

The Koganeyama Jinja (黄金山神社) is a Shintō shrine in the town of Wakuya Tōda District, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It claims to have been built on the site of the first gold mine in Japan, and is protected by the central government as a National Historic Site.[1] The main festival of the shrine is held annually on September 15.
Affiliation:  Shinto
Location:  23 Koganegu-mae, Wakuya-machi, Tōda-gun, Miyagi-ken  
Deity:  Kanayama-hiko-no-kami  
Festival:  September 15  
Date established:  c. 767 AD  

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