Furo Shrine Stone Five-Storied Pagoda

A Stone Pagoda of 1355 in a Shrine Precinct

The Furo Shrine Stone Five-Storied Pagoda (風浪神社五重塔) is a stone five-storied pagoda of 1355 in Sakami, Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and was designated an Important Cultural Property on August 29, 1910 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a five-storied pagoda of stone; designation number 00556.

A Stone Pagoda of 1355

The Furo Shrine Stone Five-Storied Pagoda stands in the precinct of Furogu in Sakami, Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and is dated to 1355, the tenth year of Shohei (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Shohei was an era name of the Southern Court.

Beyond its form, a five-storied pagoda of stone, the Agency database gives no description, and its size and any inscription could not be confirmed.

Why It Is an Important Cultural Property

As a stone pagoda of 1355, it was designated on August 29, 1910, and is now an Important Cultural Property (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

What to Look For

The thing to see is the pagoda itself: a stone tower of the Northern and Southern Courts period standing in a shrine precinct (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It stands in the precinct of Furogu. According to the Fukuoka Prefecture Tourist Association, the shrine is about 10 minutes on foot from the Nakabaru Takagi Byoin-mae stop of the Nishitetsu bus, with parking for 30 cars.