Kitano Tenman-g is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 947, to appease the 'angry spirit' of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political manoeuvres of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan. The Plum Blossom Festival is held on February 25, coinciding with the monthly market. Read more