is a Shinto shrine in Kunitachi, Tokyo

Kunitachi, Tokyo

is a city located in the western part of the metropolitan area of Tokyo, Japan. As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 74,623.- History :Kunitachi was founded on January 1, 1967...

. It is located next to the Kōshū Kaidō

Koshu Kaido

The was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in Nagano Prefecture...

 highway. According to legend, the shrine was constructed by the third son of Sugawara no Michizane

Sugawara no Michizane

, also known as Kan Shōjō , a grandson of Sugawara no Kiyotomo , was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan...

 in 903 to worship his father. It is the oldest Tenman-gū

Tenman-gu

is a shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14 thousand Tenman-gū in Japan. Famous Tenman-gū are as follows.*Dazaifu Tenman-gū -- One of the Sōhonsha of Tenman-gū....

 in eastern Japan, and is one of three major shrines in the Kantō region

Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 40 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain....

 (the two others being Kameido Tenjin and Yushima Tenman-gū

Yushima Tenman-gū

Yushima Tenman-gū Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan devoted to Tenjin, the Kami of Learning. It is located in the Bunkyo ward of Tokyo, not far from the University of Tokyo, and is a frequent site of prospective students hoping to pass the entrance exams there in April...

).

The original name of the shrine is "Yabo", although "Yaho" is the popular name.