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Shrine In Okayama Prefecture

1.Sakura Shrine  ・Shinto
Sakura Shrine (作楽神社, Sakura Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Jingo neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on the second Sunday of April.The entire 30,189 square meters precincts of the shrine was designated a National Historic Site in 1922 as the 'Innoshō-no-yakata (Kojima Takanori Legendary place)'.[1]
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Deity:  Emperor Go-Daigo, Kojima Takanori  
Festival:  2nd Sunday in April  
Established:  1869  
2.Nakayama Shrine  ・Shinto
Nakayama Jinja (中山神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Mimasaka Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 29. Although the kanji of the shrine's name is now pronounced "Nakayama", in the past the shrine was often referred to by its alternative pronunciation "Chuzen Jinja" or "Chuzen Dai-Gongen".[1]
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Deity:  Kagamitsukuri-no-kami  
Festival:  April 29