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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 shrines in other countries, scroll down to the See also section.
Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii. [1] It is in the city of Hatsukaichi, in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, accessible from the mainland by ferry at Miyajimaguchi Station.
In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a famed Japanese warlord and shogun, built a large building, the Senjō-kaku, on a hill above the shrine. [5] Itsukushima has a number of temples, including Toyokuni Shrine with a five-storied pagoda, [6] and Daiganji Temple - one of the three most famous Benzaiten temples of Japan. [7]
Analogously, temples all over Japan adopted tutelary kami (鎮守/鎮主, chinju) and built temple shrines (寺社, jisha) to house them. [62] After the forcible separation of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines ( shinbutsu bunri ) ordered by the new government in the Meiji period , the connection between the two religions was officially ...
The Ise Shrine (Japanese: 伊勢神宮, Hepburn: Ise Jingū), located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu. Also known simply as Jingū ( 神宮 ) , Ise Shrine is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, Naikū ( 内宮 ) and Gekū ( 外宮 ) .
For lists of Shinto shrines, see: List of Shinto shrines in Japan. List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto; List of Shinto shrines outside Japan. List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan; List of Shinto shrines in the United States
In the 18th and 19th centuries, as travel became more common in Japan, the shrine became a central place of pilgrimage. Since the shrine spirit was settled in the inner shrine in 1744, it has been relocated three times for renovation of the inner shrine, using a traditional ceremony. The relocations took place in 1809, 1881, and 1953.
The temple complex includes several other shrines, among them the Jishu Shrine, dedicated to Ōkuninushi, a god of love and "good matches". [5] Jishu Shrine possesses a pair of "love stones" placed 10 meters (30 feet) apart, [8] which lonely visitors can try to walk between with their eyes closed. Success in reaching the other stone with their ...