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Miyajima is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) which is a Shinto shrine. It is known for its "floating" torii gate. [ 14 ] The historic shrine complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , as well as one of the National Treasures by the Japanese government.
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.
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine: Hiroshima: 1996 776; i, ii, iv, vi (cultural) Itsukushima Shrine is a sacred place of Shinto, an ancient Japanese religion that centres on polytheistic nature worship. The shrine was established by the military leader Taira no Kiyomori in the 12th century. The architecture reflects the styles of the late 12th and ...
Ema at Itsukushima Shrine. Ema (絵馬, lit. ' picture-horse ') are small wooden plaques, common to Japan, in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write prayers or wishes. Ema are left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or gods) are believed to receive them.
The guardian shrine for the nearby Byōdō-in, and adjacent to Uji Shrine, Ujigami-jinja was originally built around 1060, making it the oldest original Shinto shrine in Japan. It is the oldest example of nagare-zukuri style of shrine architecture in Japan, where the three inner shrine structures are built side-by-side, with the structure in ...
Ōyamazumi Shrine (大山祇神社, Ōyamazumi-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located on the island of Ōmishima in the Seto Inland Sea. Administratively, it is part of the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. It was the ichinomiya shrine of former Iyo Province. [1] The main festival of the shrine is held annually on the April 22 by the lunar calendar ...
In January 2020, the shrine's operators banned foreigners from visiting due to behavioral issues that they attributed primarily to South Korean guests. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The shrine's operators alleged that people held picnics at the shrine, a YouTuber filmed there without permission, tour guides disrespected sacred areas, and some tourists put ...
The Three Great Shrines of Benzaiten (日本三大弁天) are a group of Japanese shrines dedicated to the worship of the goddess Benzaiten.During the Meiji Era separation of Shinto and Buddhism the veneration of the Buddhist water-goddess Benzaiten was replaced by the veneration of the Munakata sanjojin (宗像三女神), three Shinto goddesses of the sea.