The is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
that has both its source and its mouth in the city of
Ise Ise may refer to:
Places
*Ise, Mie, a city in Japan
** Ise Grand Shrine, a Shinto shrine located in Ise, Mie
* Ise Ekiti, a city in Nigeria
* Ise, Norway, a village in Norway
* Ise Province, an ancient province of Japan
* River Ise, a tributary of ...
,
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefectur ...
,
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 n ...
. The river is notable because it flows through
Ise Grand Shrine
The , located in Ise, Mie, 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 .
...
and, due to its strong association with the Shrine, many
songs and
poems
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...
have been written about it throughout history. The
Uji Bridge serves as the entrance to Ise Grand Shrine, and crosses the Isuzu River.
Isuzu Motors company is named after the river.
References
External links
(confluence with Seta River)
Isuzu River - Poems and Dedications
Rivers of Mie Prefecture
Rivers of Japan
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