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Kirishima-Jingū (霧島神宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Takachiho-gawara the location of the descent from heaven is present on the shrine grounds. [1] [2] Historically, the entire of Mount Kirishima is considered part of the shrine grounds.
The following list encompasses only some, but not all of the Heian period Nijūnisha shrines (Twenty-Two Shrines); and the modern shrines which were established after the Meiji Restoration are not omitted.
In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended eastwards, with Kirishima-Jingū opening as the new eastern terminus on 10 July 1930. Subsequently, the Kokuto-West Line was expanded to the east and north, linking up with the Kokuto-East Line at Ōsumi-Ōkawara and other networks so that by the end of 1932, through-traffic had been ...
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).
The word gū often found at the end of names of shrines such as Hachimangu, Tenmangū, or Jingu (神宮) comes from the Chinese (宮; gong) meaning palace or a temple to a high deity. Jingū ( 神宮 ) is a shrine of particularly high status that has a deep relationship with the Imperial household or enshrines an Emperor, as for example in the ...
Kagoshima Shrine (鹿児島神宮, Kagoshima-jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in the Hayatomachi-uchi neighborhood of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Ōsumi Province. The main festival of the shrine are held annually on August 15 by the lunar calendar. [1]
In the foreground the shrine-temple's Buddhist structures (not extant), among them a pagoda, a belltower and a niōmon. The shrine (extant) is above. Until the Meiji period (1868–1912), the jingū-ji (神宮寺, shrine temple) were places of worship composed of a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine, both dedicated to a local kami. [1]
Shinto is an eternal road of heaven and earth, and is the basis for cultivating a noble spirit and opening the Taihei. It is the reason for achieving the mission to be afraid of the gods, to follow the ancestral lessons, to finally demonstrate the essence of the road, and to promote the welfare of humankind.