At the annual festival of the hachiman Shrine, moving stages come around the district, and I have seen the Shiokukmi and almost any other variety.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
Why, on Terra or Baldur or Uller, a glass of our brandy brings more than these freighter-captains give us for a cask, and what do you think a colonist on Agramma, or Sekht, or hachiman, who has to fight for his life against savages and wild animals, would pay for one of those rifles and a thousand rounds of ammunition?
"Graveyard of Dreams"
Henry Beam Piper
Thus the Izumo worshipper of Kasuga-Sama can find in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, parish-temples dedicated to his patron: the Kyushu worshipper of hachiman-Sama can place himself under the protection of the same deity in Musashi quite as well as in Higo or Bungo.
"Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation"
Lafcadio Hearn