Kanuma

Yatai Festival at Kanuma Imamiya Shrine

Kanuma (鹿沼) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture.

Understand

Tourist information site

The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.

See

• 1 Furumine Shrine, ☏ +81 289-74-2111. Established by monk Shodo Shonin, the Furumine Shrine is dedicated to Prince Yamatotakeru, a mythological hero whose messengers in the form of long-nosed goblins, known as tengu, have been worshipped. In the main building, over 200 masks of tengu are on display. At the large room of the front shrine, there are 2 tengu masks which make up a length of 1.5 meters. 

Go next

• Nishikata
• Mibu
• Tsuga
• Utsunomiya
• Tochigi
• Sano
• Nikko
• Midori
• Ashikaga