Kandani Shrine (神谷神社, ''Kandani jinja'') is a
Shinto
Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...
shrine located in
Sakaide, Kagawa
270px, Sakaide City Hall
270px, Aerial view of Sakaide city center
is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 49,439 in 21347 households and a population density of and a population density of 530 p ...
Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the
kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...
Kagu-tsuchi (火結命), Okitsuhiko no mikoto (奥津彦命), and Okitsuhime no mikoto (奥津姫命). According to legend, the shrine was established in 812. The shrine's main hall (本殿, ''honden'') has been designated a
Japanese National Treasure.
See also
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List of Shinto shrines in Japan
This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan. There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan. Shrines with structures that are National Treasures of Japan are covered by the List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines). For Shinto shri ...
External links
Sakaide City website
Shinto shrines in Kagawa Prefecture
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