Tenjin zaka

Tenjin zaka (天神坂) (Hill of Tenjin) is a name used for several places in Japan.

  • In Tokyo, Tenjinzaka is a hill road that runs along the promontory through many districts of Takanawa. It crosses Sakurada Dori. It is said that this name given to the slope because of a small shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a scholar who is venerated as the patron deity of scholarship, Tenjin. A Calyx field could be seen from this slope in the Edo period, therefore sometimes it is referred to as Yoshimizaka which also had a secondary meaning of "Good Luck" slope.
  • In Osaka, it is a slope in Tennoji-ku leading to the Yasui shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane.[1]
  • In Nishi-ku, Yokohama, it is a monument on the slope of Tenjin Hill.[2]
  • Tokyo: 35°38′22″N 139°43′59″E / 35.639453°N 139.733028°E / 35.639453; 139.733028

References

  1. ^ "Tenjinzaka". OSAKA INFO. Archived from the original on 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  2. ^ "Tenjinzaka Slope Monument 「天神坂碑（天神阪碑）」 天神坂の土取場跡 ＜横浜市西区＞". blog横濱探訪3 (in Japanese). 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2025-11-30.


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