// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Tenjin-zaka say to the hill? You're a slope above the rest.
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]
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[edit]- ↑ "Tenjinzaka". OSAKA INFO. Archived from the original on 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ↑ "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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