This is a list of notable
Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion.
Overview
Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings.
The '' honden''Also called (本殿, meani ...
s in
Japan
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. There are tens of thousands of shrines in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Shrines with structures that are
National Treasures of Japan
Some of the National Treasures of Japan
A is the most precious of Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties, as determined and designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (a special body of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scien ...
are covered by the
List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines)
The number of Shinto shrines in Japan today has been estimated at more than 150,000. Single structure shrines are the most common. Shrine buildings might also include oratories (in front of main sanctuary), purification halls, offering halls called ...
. For Shinto shrines in other countries, scroll down to the
See also
See also may refer to:
* Citation signal, reference formats which often appear in technical, scientific, and legal documents
* cf., an abbreviation for confer, meaning "compare" or "consult"
* viz.
The abbreviation ''viz.'' (or ''viz'' withou ...
section.
Shinto shrines from specific sects or new churches are not included in this list.
Hokkaidō and Tōhoku
Hokkaidō
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Asahikawa Shrine
Asahikawa Shrine (旭川神社, ''Asahikawa jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Established in 1893, it is dedicated to the kami
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Ebetsu Jinja
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Hakodate Hachiman Shrine
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Hokkaidō Gokoku Shrine
Hokkaidō Gokoku Shrine (北海道護国神社, ''Hokkaidō Gokoku jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido at 1 Chome-2282-2 Hanasakicho, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-0901. It was established in 1902, and enshrines Raijin (雷電大 ...
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Hokkaidō Jingu
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Itsukushima Jinja
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Kamikawa Shrine
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Nishino Shrine
Nishino Shrine (西野神社, ''Nishino jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was established in 1885, and enshrines the kami Toyotama-hime (豊玉姫命), Ugayafukiaezu no mikoto (鵜草葺不合命), and Emperor Ōjin as ...
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Obihiro Shrine
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Otofuke Shrine
is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 45,208 and a density of 97 persons per km2. The total area is 466.09 km2.
Climate
Notable persons from Otofuke ...
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Sapporo Hachimangū
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Shiraoi Hachiman Shrine
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Sumiyoshi Shrine
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Tarumaezan Shrine
Tarumaezan Shrine (樽前山神社, ''Tarumaezan Jinja'') is a Shinto shrine in Tomakomai, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is located on Mount Tarumae, and it was promoted to a prefectural shrine in 1936. It enshrines the Shinto kam ...
Aomori
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Kushihiki Hachimangū
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Iwakiyama Jinja
is a Shintō shrine in the city of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Tsugaru Domain. All of Mount Iwaki is considered to be a portion of the shrine.
The main festival of the shrine, the ''Oyama-sankei'', ...
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Saruka Jinja
, sometimes rendered Saruga, is a Shinto shrine in Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is said to have been founded in 807, when Sakanoue no Tamuramaro came north during the campaigns against the Ezo. The Honden, dating to 1826, is a ...
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Uramachi Shinmeigū
Uramachi Shinmeigū (浦町神明宮, ''Uramachi Shinmeigū'') is a Shinto shrine located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines three major kami: Amaterasu (天照大神), Omiyanome no kami (大宮能賣神), and Sarutahiko Ōkami ( ...
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Utou Shrine
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Yanemori Hachimangū
Iwate
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Komagata Shrine
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Morioka Hachiman Shrine
Miyagi
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Aoso Shrine
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Atago Shrine
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Furukawa Shrine Furukawa (古川 or 古河, both meaning "old river") may refer to:
People
*Furukawa (surname)
Places
* Furukawa, Gifu, a former town merged into the city of Hida, Gifu
*Furukawa, Miyagi, city located in Miyagi, Japan
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Futahashira Shrine
Futahashira Shrine (二柱神社, ''Futahashira jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The main kami enshrined here are Izanagi and Izanami.
See also
*List of Shinto shrines in Japan
This is a list of notable ...
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Ōsaki Hachiman-gū
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Hayama Shrine
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Kamo Shrine
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Kashima Miko Shrine
Kashima (鹿島) may refer to:
Places in Japan
*Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture
** Kashima, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
*** Kashima Soccer Stadium
**** Kashima Soccer Stadium Station, railway station
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Kifuso Shrine
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Kumano Shrine
A is a type of Shinto shrine which enshrines the three Kumano mountains: Hongū, Shingū, and Nachi [].Encyclopedia of ShintoKumano Shinkō accessed on October 6, 2008 There are more than 3,000 Kumano shrines in Japan, and each has received its k ...
* Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine
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yojin Shrine
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Ohtakayama Shrine
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Ohkuni Shrine
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Sendai Tōshō-gū
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...
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Shiogama Shrine
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Shirahige Shrine
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Sumiyoshi Shrine
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Tsubonuma Hachiman Shrine
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Usa Jingū
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Washikura Shrine
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Yakurai Shrine
Akita
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Koshiō Shrine
Koshiō Shrine (古四王神社, ''Koshiō jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Akita (city), Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami of Ōhiko no mikoto (大彦命) and Takemikazuchi no mikoto (武甕槌命). Its annual festiva ...
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Sanko Kumano Shrine
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Sanko Shrine Sanko or Sankō may refer to
*Sanko (surname)
*Sankō, Ōita, a town in Japan
*Sankō Shrine in Osaka, Japan
*Sankō Line, a railway line in Japan
*Sanko Grand Summer Championship, a defunct golf tournament held in Japan
*Sanko Group, the parent co ...
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Kumano Shrine
A is a type of Shinto shrine which enshrines the three Kumano mountains: Hongū, Shingū, and Nachi [].Encyclopedia of ShintoKumano Shinkō accessed on October 6, 2008 There are more than 3,000 Kumano shrines in Japan, and each has received its k ...
* Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha
Yamagata
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Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine
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Dewa Sanzan (Three Mountains of Dewa)
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Gassan Shrine
Gassan Shrine (月山神社, ''Gassan jinja'') is a Shinto shrine on Mount Gassan in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It was formerly a national shrine of the first rank (国幣大社, ''kokuhei taisha'') in the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines ...
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Yudonosan Shrine
is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa in the ancient province of Dewa (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture). The Yudonosan Shrine, the most holy of the Dewa Sanzan shrines, is located on the mountain.
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Hagurosan Shrine
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Higashimachi Kodai Shrine
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Kumano Shrine
A is a type of Shinto shrine which enshrines the three Kumano mountains: Hongū, Shingū, and Nachi [].Encyclopedia of ShintoKumano Shinkō accessed on October 6, 2008 There are more than 3,000 Kumano shrines in Japan, and each has received its k ...
* Torigoe Hachiman Shrine
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sukioka Shrine
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Uesugi Shrine
Fukushima
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Chinju Hachiman Shrine
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Iino Hachimangū
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Isasumi Shrine
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Kashima Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to , one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dōjō of ''kenjutsu'' and ''kendō'' often display a hanging scroll emblazoned with ...
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Kogaikuni Shrine
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Okaburaya Shrine
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Ryōzen Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Ryōzen in the former town of Ryozen, within the city of Date, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Its main festivals are held annually on April 22 and October 10.
The shrine was founded in 1881, and enshrines the ...
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Sumiyoshi Shrine
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Tsutsukowake Shrine
Kantō
Tochigi
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Futarasan Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Nikkō Futarasan Shrine, to distinguish it from the Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja, which shares the same ''kanji'' in its name. both shrines also claim the ...
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Nikkō Tōshō-gū
is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Together with Futarasan Shrine and Rinnō-ji, it forms the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 42 structures of the shrine included in the n ...
Ibaraki
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Hitachinokuni Sōshagū
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Kasama Inari Shrine
Kasama Inari Shrine ( ) is one of the three largest Inari Okami shrines in Japan, having been awarded the ancient court rank of Senior First Grade. According to legends associated with the shrine, it was founded in 651 during the reign of Emp ...
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Kashima Jingū
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Oarai Isosaki Shrine
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Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine
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Tokiwa Shrine
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Tsukubasan Shrine
Tsukubasan Shrine (筑波山神社, ''Tsukubasan jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and Izanami (伊弉冊尊). The shrine is located on Mount Tsukuba, close to ...
Gunma
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Agatsuma Shrine Agatsuma may refer to:
*, Japanese shamisen player
*Agatsuma District, Gunma, a district in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
*Agatsuma, Gunma, a town in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
*Agatsuma River, a river in Japan
*Agatsuma Entertainment, a Japanese toy/video ...
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Haruna Shrine
is a Shinto Shinto shrine, shrine located in Takasaki, Gunma, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Mount Haruna, the mountain where the shrine is located, is one of the "Three Mountains of Jōmō" and the shrine has a close relationship with the s ...
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Nakanotake Shrine
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Isemachi Jingu
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Nukisaki Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Tomioka, Gunma, Tomioka in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Kōzuke Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on March 15. It is one of o ...
Saitama
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Chichibu Shrine
The is a Japanese Shinto shrine at Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture.Kotodamaya.com"Chichibu Jinja" retrieved 2013-1-26.
History
According to text in the ''Sendai Kuji Hongi'' (''Kujiki''), Chichibuhiko-no-mikoto, the tenth-generation descendant ...
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Washinomiya Shrine
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Hikawa Shrine
Chiba
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Awa Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Daijingū neighborhood of the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming to hold the title of ''ichinomiya'' of former Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually ...
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Chiba Shrine
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Funabashi Shrine
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after p ...
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Katori Shrine
The is a Shintō shrine in the city of Katori in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Shimōsa Province, and is the head shrine of the approximately 400 Katori shrines around the country (located primarily in the Kantō re ...
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Komikado Shrine
Komikado Shrine (小御門神社, ''Komikado jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on April 29. It was founded in 1882, and enshrines the kami of Kazan'in Morokata. It is one of ...
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Shibayama Jinja
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Tamasaki Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the town of Ichinomiya in Chōsei District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Kazusa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on September 13, and ...
Tokyo
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Asakusa Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan.
Also known as , it is one of the most famous Shinto shrines in the city. The shrine honors the three men who founded the Sensō-ji. Asakusa Shrine is part of a larger groupin ...
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Atago Shrine
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Hanazono Shrine
The is a Shinto shrine located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This shrine was founded in the mid-17th century. Hanazono Jinja nestled in the heart of Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, Hanazono Jinja is a small and unobtrusive structure that, according to Fodor's ...
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Hie Shrine
Hie may refer to:
* Hie (pronoun), an Old English pronoun
* Hie Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
* Hie Station, in Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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Hikawa Shrine
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Kanda Shrine
, is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The shrine dates back 1,270 years, but the current structure was rebuilt several times due to fire and earthquakes. It is situated in one of the most expensive estate areas of Tokyo. Kanda ...
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Kume no Heinai-dō
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Meiji Shrine
, is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-momoyama, south of Kyoto.
History
Af ...
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Namiyoke Inari Shrine
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Nezu Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the Bunkyō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
Established in 1705, it is one of the oldest places of worship in the city, and several of the buildings on the shrine grounds have been designated as Important Cultural Property. ...
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Nogi Shrine
was established on November 1, 1923English language pamphlet collected from Shrine on 2015-02-18 and dedicated to General Nogi Maresuke (63) and his wife Nogi Shizuko (53) after their death on September 13, 1912. The Tokyo Mayor, Baron Yoshio Sak ...
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Oji Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the Kita-ku ward of Tokyo, Japan.
Established during the Kamakura period, most likely around 1321-1324, the shrine gives the name of "Oji" to this area of the city. Most of the original buildings in the shrine p ...
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Okunitama Shrine
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Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine
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Shōin shrine
, located in Setagaya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirit of Yoshida Shōin, an activist during the Edo era.
History
Shoin was executed by the Shogunate in prison in Tenmacho, Edo in 1859, his body was reburied in ...
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Suiten-gū
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Three Palace Sanctuaries
The are a group of structures in the precincts of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Japan. They are used in imperial religious ceremonies, including weddings and enthronements.
The three sanctuaries are:
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Kokyo
The is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the where the Emperor has his living quarters, the where va ...
Imperial Palace
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Tokyo Daijingu
Tokyo Daijingu is a shrine located in Tokyo. The shrine is also called ''O-Ise-sama in Tokyo'' because of the deities enshrined there. It is one of the top five shrines in Tokyo.
History
The shrine was built in the early Meiji period by Jin ...
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Tsukudo Shrine
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Togo Shrine
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Toyokawa Inari Shrine
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Yasukuni Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Empire of Japan, Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, First Sino-Japane ...
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Yushima Tenmangū
Kanagawa
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Egara Tenjin Shrine
, is a Shinto shrine in Kamakura. Having been founded according to legend by an unknown priest in 1104, it is one of the few extant religious institutions in the area to predate the advent of Minamoto no Yoritomo, who arrived here in 1181. Like a ...
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Enoshima Shrine
Enoshima Shrine (江島神社) is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the ''kami'' Benten. Enoshima-jinja consists of three shrines, He-tsu-miya, Naka-tsu-miya and Oku-tsu-miya.
Pe ...
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Ooyama Aburi Shrine
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Hakone Shrine
The is a Japanese Shinto shrine on the shores of Lake Ashi in the town of Hakone in the Ashigarashimo District of Kanagawa Prefecture.Kotodamaya.com"Hakone Jinja" retrieved 2013-1-27. It is also known as the . Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2 ...
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Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine
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Samukawa Shrine
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Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine
Shin'etsu and Hokuriku
Niigata
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Amatsu-jinja
is a Shinto shrine located in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Itoigawa, Niigata.Kotodamaya.com "Amatsu Jinja" retrieved 2012-10-24. It is one of the three shrines claiming the title of ''ichinomiya'' of former Echigo Province. The ma ...
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Kota-jinja[Kotodamaya.com]
"Kota Jinja"
retrieved 2012-10-24.
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Watatsu-jinja
is a Shinto shrine in the Hamochiiioka neighborhood of the city of Sado, Niigata. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Sado Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on the April 23.
Enshrined ''kami''
The primary ''kami'' ensh ...
["Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 2](_blank)
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Yahiko-jinja
, also known as Iyahiko-jinja is a Shinto shrine in the Yahiko neighborhood of the village of Yahiko, Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three shrines which claim the title of ''ichinomiya'' of former Echigo Pro ...
[Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)]
"Yahiko-jinja Shrine"
retrieved 2012-10-24.
Toyama
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Imizu Shrine
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Oyama Shrine
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Takase Shrine
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Toyamaken Gokoku Shrine
Ishikawa
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Keta Taisha
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Onominato Shrine
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Oyama Shrine
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Shirayama Hime Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Sannomiyamachi neighborhood of the city of Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Kaga Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on May 6. It is the head shrine of ap ...
Fukui
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Fujishima Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Fukui, Japan. In the former Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, it was a special shrine (別格官幣社, ''Bekkaku Kanpei-sha''). Its main festival is held annually on August 25.
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Kanegasaki-gū
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Kehi Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the Akebono-chō neighborhood of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Echizen Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on September 4. The shrine is con ...
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Ōshio Hachiman Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
This Hachiman shrine was established in 891 as a branch of the Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu in Kyoto as the primary shrine of Nanjō District. During the Genpei War, the sh ...
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Wakasahiko Shrine
Tōkai
Yamanashi
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Asama Shrine
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Takeda Shrine
Main gate to Takeda Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the ''kami'' of Takeda Shingen. The shrine's annual celebration is on April 12, Shingen's death anniversary.
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Followi ...
Nagano
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Suwa Shrine
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Togakushi Shrine
The is a Shinto shrine in Togakushi, Nagano (city), Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is at the base of Mount Togakushi () in Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Togakushi Shrine consists of five shrines, known as the lower, middle, ...
Gifu
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Inaba Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located at the base of Mount Kinka in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Originally, its name was written 稲葉神社, which is pronounced the same way. It is the main shrine that is celebrated by the city of Gifu in its annual Gi ...
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Keta Wakamiya Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is commonly referred to as "Sugimoto-sama" (杉本さま).
History
The original construction of this shrine is unknown, but it is said to have been constructed during the ...
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Minashi Shrine
Minashi Shrine '' haiden''
, commonly: is a Shinto shrine located in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of the former Hida Province. The main festival of the shrine is held an ...
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Nangū Taisha
is a Shinto shrine located in the town of Tarui in Fuwa District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Mino Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on May 25. The shrine precincts contain 18 structures ...
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Yōrō Shrine
Shizuoka
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Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha
The is a Shintō shrine in the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Suruga Province, and is the head shrine of the approximately 1300 Asama or Sengen shrines in the country. The shrine has an ...
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Iinoya-gū
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Mishima Taisha
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Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
is the name for a collective group of three Shinto shrines now forming a single religious corporation, located at Mount Shizuhata in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. These shrines are the Kanbe Jinja (神部神社), Sengen Jinja ( ...
Aichi
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Aichi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine
The Aichi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Sannomaru compound, next to Nagoya Castle, in central Nagoya
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Atsuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine traditionally believed to have been established during the reign of Emperor Keikō (71-130) located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. The shrine is familiarly known as ''Atsuta-Sama'' (Venerable Atsuta) or simpl ...
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Masumida Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Masumida neighborhood of the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Owari Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 3.
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Ogake Shrine
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Rokusho Shrine (Okazaki)
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Rokusho Shrine (Toyota)
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Tsushima Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the head shrine of a nationwide shrine network of shrines dedicated to the , Centered primarily in the Tōkai region, this network has approximately 3,000 shrines and is the tenth- ...
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Tagata Shrine
Kinki
Mie
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Ise Shrine
The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. Officially known simply as , Ise Jingū is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, and .
The Inner ...
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Kitabatake Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the Misugi neighborhood of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration. The main ''kami'' enshrined is the deified spirit of the imperial loyalist Kitabatake ...
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Tado Shrine
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Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro
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Yūki Shrine
Shiga
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Hiyoshi Taisha
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture Japan. This shrine is one of the Twenty-Two Shrines. Known before World War II as or Hie jinja, "Hiyoshi" is now the preferred spelling. It was also known as the . The head shri ...
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Omi Jingu
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Taga Taisha
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Takebe Taisha
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Ōmi Province. The main ''kami'' enshrined are Ōkuninushi and Yamato Takeru. The shrine's main festival is held annually on April ...
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Tsukubusuma Shrine
Tsukubusuma Shrine (都久夫須麻神社, ''Tsukubusuma Jinja'') is a Shinto shrine on Chikubu Island in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its is a National Treasure of Japan. The shrine's main festival is held annually on June 15. It is also called Chi ...
Kyoto
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Atago Shrine
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Fushimi Inari-taisha
is the head shrine of the ''kami'' Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines ...
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Heian Jingu
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Hirano Shrine
The is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. This shrine is known and popular for its gardens and many trees.
History
The shrine was established in the year 794 by Emperor Kammu when the capital was transferred to Heian-kyō from Nagaoka-kyō. From the ear ...
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Imamiya Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was originally established for patrons to pray for safety from an epidemic, though it has evolved into a shrine where patrons can pray for general good health. The shrine complex is embedded ...
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Iwashimizu Hachimangu
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Kamo Shrine
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Kamigamo Shrine
is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678. Its formal name is the .
It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which ...
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Shimogamo Shrine
is an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is . It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designat ...
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Kibune Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located at Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture Japan.
History
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report imp ...
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Kitano Tenmangu
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Kono Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Ōgaki neighborhood of the city of Miyazu in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Tango Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 24.The shrine is also called the , and ...
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Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
The is a Shinto Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It honors the heroes of Japan, especially from the period of the Bakumatsu period and the Meiji Restoration, most famously Sakamoto Ryōma and his associate Nakaoka Shintarō, who are buried sid ...
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Matsunoo Taisha
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Nishiki Tenmangū
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Saginomori Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the divinity Susanoo / under the name . It is such a shrine of the Gion faith
See also
*List of Shinto shrines in Japan
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Tsukiyomi Shrine
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Yasaka Shrine
Kanpei-taisha
, once called , is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri (Fourth Avenue), the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage. The Yasaka shrine is ...
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Yoshida Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 859 by the Fujiwara clan.
History
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial ...
Osaka
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Abeno Shrine
Abeno Shrine (阿部野神社, ''Abeno jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Abeno-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on January 24. It was founded in 1882, and enshrines the kami of Kitabatake Chikafusa and Kitabata ...
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Hattori Tenjin Shrine
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Hiraoka Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''Ichinomiya'' of former Kawachi Province. The shrine's main festival is held annually on 1 February.
Enshrined ''kami''
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Ikasuri Shrine
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Ikukunitama Shrine
Ikukunitama Shrine (生國魂神社, ''Ikukunitama jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on September 9. It was formerly an imperial shrine of the first rank (官幣大社, ...
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Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
Imamiya Ebisu Shrine (今宮戎神社, ''Imamiya Ebisu jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Naniwa-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. According to legend, it was established in 600 during the reign of Empress Suiko. Its annual festival is held from J ...
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Mitami Shrine
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Ōsaka Tenmangū Shrine
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
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Sakurai Shrine (Sakai)
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Shijōnawate Shrine
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Sumiyoshi Taisha
, also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. However, the oldest shrine that enshrines the Sumiyoshi sanjin, the thr ...
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Tsuboi Hachimangū
Tsuboi Hachimangū (壺井八幡宮, ''Tsuboi Hachimangū'') is a Shinto shrine located in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It was established in 1064. Its main festival is held annua ...
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Tsunashiki Tenjin Shrine
Hyōgo
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Hirota Shrine
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Ikuta Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in the Chūō Ward of Kobe, Japan, and is possibly among the oldest shrines in the country.
History
According to '' Nihon Shoki'', it was founded by the Empress Jingū at the beginning of the 3rd century AD to enshrine the '' ...
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Izushi jinja
is a Shinto shrine in the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Tajima Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on October 20.
Enshrined ''kami''
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Koshikiiwa Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The other name of this shrine is Ebisu Daijingū. The focus of this shrine is a megalith called 'Koshiki-iwa', literally, 'Rice Steamer Rock', because ancient Japanese thought the shape resembled ...
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Mefu Jinja
Mefu Jinja (売布神社, ''Mefu-jinja'') is a Shinto shrine in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Hyōgo, Japan established in 610.
History
It is one of the shrines mentioned in the ''Engishiki'', which was written in 8th centur ...
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Minatogawa Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan, roughly on the site of the Battle of Minatogawa established in 1872.
The enshrined kami is the spirit of Masashige Kusunoki, a military commander. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Resto ...
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Nagata Shrine
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Nishinomiya Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. It is the head shrine of the Ebisu sect of Shinto, and it is said that there are about 3,500 shrines under it. Locals call the shrine "Ebessan".
History
It is not clear when this shrine was es ...
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Sumiyoshi Shrine
Nara
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Himuro Shrine
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Ikoma Jinja
is a Shinto shrine in Ikoma, Nara, Japan. Generally called . The formal name of the shrine is "". This shrine is also known as "Ikoma-Taisha", which means "great shrine of Ikoma".
History
According to the ''Sokoku-Fudoki'', an ancient record of ...
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Isonokami Jingu
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Kashihara Jingu
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Kasuga Taisha
is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lan ...
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Mishima Jinja Mishima may refer to:
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* Mishima, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture
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Oomiwa Shrine
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Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine
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Yoshino Mikumari Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan.Richard, Ponsonby-Fane. (1964) '' Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan,'' pp. 300-307. It is closely associated with Emperor Go-Daigo.
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Wakayama
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Hinokuma Shrine
Hinokuma Shrine (日前神宮, ''Hinokuma jingu'') and Kunikakasu Shrine (國懸神宮, ''Kunikakasu jingu'') is a Shinto shrine complex in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is officially known simply as . Its main festival is held annually ...
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Kamayama Shrine
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Kumano Three Shrines (Kumano Sanzan)
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Kumano Hayatama Taisha
is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the ...
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Kumano Hongū Taisha
is a Shinto shrine located in Tanabe, Wakayama, deep in the rugged mountains of the Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the World Heritage Site "
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