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Jingū (神宮) is a name for a Shinto shrine connected to the Imperial House of Japan. ... Kirishima Jingu; ... The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial ...
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.
In 1871, the Japanese government established the Kanpei-sha (官幣社) system to classify Shinto shrines based on their level of association with the imperial family. The highest category included shrines that venerated the imperial family members, emperors, or meritorious retainers of the Imperial family.
Atago Shrine; Fushimi Inari-taisha; Heian Jingu; Hirano Shrine; Imamiya Shrine; Iwashimizu Hachimangu; Kamo Shrine. Kamo Wakeikazuchi Shrine (Kamigamo Shrine) Kamo Mioya Shrine (Shimogamo Shrine) Kibune Shrine; Kitano Tenmangu; Kono Shrine; Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine; Matsunoo Taisha; Nishiki Tenmangū; Ōharano Shrine; Saginomori Shrine ...
The station building, located at the base of the embankment, is a modern structure built of timber in traditional Japanese style to resemble the nearby Kirishima-Jingū Shrine. From the station building, a tunnel leads under the embankment and up a flight of steps to the island platform. [2] [3] [4]
The number of Shinto shrines in Japan today has been estimated at more than 150,000. [1] Single structure shrines are the most common. Shrine buildings might also include oratories (in front of main sanctuary), purification halls, offering halls called heiden (between honden and haiden), dance halls, stone or metal lanterns, fences or walls, torii and other structures. [2]
The Japanese kitchen (Japanese: 台所, romanized: Daidokoro, lit. 'kitchen') is the place where food is prepared in a Japanese house. Until the Meiji era, a kitchen was also called kamado (かまど; lit. stove) [1] and there are many sayings in the Japanese language that involve kamado as it was considered the symbol of a house. The term ...
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]