Kitano Tenman-gu was dedicated to Sugawara-no Michizane (845-903, a great scholar, calligrapher and statesman who was deified under the name of Tenjin). Today, it is worshipped as the god of education. Plum blossoms are the symbol of this shrine.

Kitano Tenman-gu in the spring (Plum Blossoms)