Hachiman Shrine (八幡神社, Hachiman Jinja^?) (or 八幡宮 Hachiman-guu) is a shinto shrine dedicated to the god Hachiman. It is the second most numerous type of shinto shrines after ones dedicated to Inari. Famous Hachiman Shrines are as follows. A torii is a gate leading to a jinja. ... Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, statue from Kamakura period, 1201 AD Hachiman (Japanese, 八幡神 -shin, also can be read as Yawata no kami) is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people. ... The name may refer to one of the folloing. ...

• Usa Shrine (Usa, Oita) -- Sōhonsha (the head shrine) of Hachiman Shrines.
• Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine (near Todaiji, Nara, Nara)
• Iwashimizu Shrine (Yawata, Kyoto)
• Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine (Kamakura, Kanagawa)
• Hakodate Hachiman Shrine (Hakodate, Hokkaido)
• Morioka Hachiman Shrine (Morioka, Iwate)
• Tomioka Hachiman Shrine (Koto, Tokyo)
• Umi Hachiman Shrine (Umi, Fukuoka)