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Imi-no-miya Shrine
Imi-no-miya Shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi is traditionally the site of the Toyura no Miya palace where Emperor Chuai stayed during the Kumaso campaign.
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Imi-no-miya Shrine in Shimonoseki marks the traditional site of the Toyura no Miya, with the Suhotei Festival each August.
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Imi-no-miya Shrine (忌宮神社) is a Shinto shrine in Chofu, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, traditionally identified as the site of the Toyura no Miya palace where Emperor Chuai stayed during his campaign against the Kumaso. The three enshrined kami are Emperor Chuai, Empress Jingu, and Emperor Ojin (Homutawake-no-Mikoto), the lineage of the Kumaso pacification recorded in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE). According to shrine tradition, the Toyura palace was established in 193 CE and the Imi-no-miya was founded by Empress Jingu in 203 CE to enshrine the late Emperor Chuai. The Suhotei Festival of August, with its tall bamboo banners commemorating the Jinrin legend, is designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan.
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