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Miyajidake Jinja is a shrine in Fukutsu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. It is a serene, mysterious place, where flowers bloom in profusion throughout the four seasons. Twice each year, in February and October, if you are lucky, you might be able see a the road to the shrine, which, awash in sunlight, extends in a straight line to the Genkai Sea. This beautiful sight is called the "Path of Light" and has carried the shrine's name throughout the country. Miyajidake Jinja is also the shrine that possesses the "Three Japan No. 1s": the "大注連縄" [O-shimenawa] (lit.: Great/big Shimenawa), which is 2.6 metres in diameter, 11 metres long, and which weighs three tonnes; "大太鼓" [O-daiko] (lit.: Great/big Drum), which is 2.2 metres in diameter; and the copper-made "大鈴" [O-suzu] (lit.: Great/big Bell), which weighs 450 kilograms. Many pilgrims also come to visit the eight shrines inside the shrine precincts: "Oku no Miya Hachisha". (>> Details are here！) How about visiting to wish for good luck and better fortune? Don't miss out on seeing the divinely gold-glittering roof of the main hall, which will captivate you before you realize it!