time. Kirishima Volcano Group Takachihonomine Volcano Kirishima Volcano Group Shinmoedake Volcano (front) & Takachihonomine Volcano Ohachi Volcano Rokkan'nonmiike...

destroyed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Kirishima (specifically the Takachihonomine volcano peak). There used to be a previous shrine compound of Kirishima-Jingū...

Amaterasu and great-grandfather of Emperor Jimmu, descended from heaven to Takachihonomine in Kyūshū and became the progenitor of the Japanese Imperial line....