Yushima Tenman-gū (湯島天満宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the Bunkyō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
[4] Yushima Tenman-gū was originally established for the worship of Ame-no-Tajikarao-mikoto (天手力雄命),[5] a kami associated with sports and physical power found in Japanese mythology (most famously in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki).
The shrine was later rebuilt in October 1455 at the behest of local warlord Ota Dokan (1432–1486), and enjoyed greater popularity during the Edo period when it was visited by such Confucian scholars as Hayashi Doshun (1583–1657) and Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725).
[11] The yearly events and festival at Yushima Tenman-gū are:[12] There is no admission fee for visitors to enter the shrine precincts.
[14] There is a branch of Yushima Tenmangū located in the Wakahowatauchi district of Nagano (city) next to the Kitano Museum of Art[15]