Locating up on the hill of the foreign residence area back in the old days in Kobe city center, Kitano Tenman Shrine stands out as a traditional structure in an area filled with European-style houses. The Kitano Tanman Shrine is one of the major Shinto Shrines where people make wishes particularly for “Success in Examinations”.
Kitano Tenman Shrine worships Sugawara no Michizane （菅原道真）who was a scholar, poet and politician during the Heian Period (794-1185) of Japan. He is highly regarded as an excellent poet and now revered as the God of Academics in Shinto, or commonly known as Tenman-Tenjin （天滿天神）. He was a high-ranking government official but got demoted and exiled to Daizaifu in Fukuoka Japan where he passed away. The Kitano Tenmangu in Koyoto was the first and remain the main shrine built over 1,000 years ago to worship this enshrined “God of Academics”. The second most popular Tenman Shrine is the Daizaifu Tenmangu which was built over his grave in Fukuoka Japan. Many students and parents come to make wishes before the examination periods.
Today, more than 12,000 shrines in Japan are dedicated to Sugarwara no Michizane. This one in Kobe City was built when a military leader moved from Kyoto to Kobe in 1180.
春天來到神戶市玩，路過看到櫻花盛開的神社相當吸引，一定會走走看看。
走上神社先經過這條櫻花樹蔭石梯。美！
走完石梯，第一座看見的是拜殿，日本傳統婚禮也在此舉行。
神社一大景點是可以看到神戶市景觀及前面著名的風見雞の館。
主殿要再上一層，其中一個天滿神社的特色是會看到御神牛。有一個說法是由於管原道真是牛年出生，所以有御神牛。參拜的信眾都會摸牠的鼻子，有些認為其強壯的四肢會帶來健康，都會摸摸。
參拜後可以買個繪馬，寫上願望然後掛在繪馬架上祈願。
橙紅色鳥居後是稻荷神社，可祈願豐收。
離開神社前，許多人都會在這櫻花背景的石梯拍照留念。
Transportation: Around 20 minutes walk from Sannomiya Station in Kobe.
北野天滿神社地址：日本兵庫神戶市中央區北野釘3丁目12。
交通：從神戶三ノ宮駅步行20分鐘左右。
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