Sacred Places
21 places found
Shinto
Olive Shrine
· Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine on Shōdoshima island in Japan's Inland Sea, distinguished by its extraordinary form, a faithful recreation of an ancient Greek Temple set within groves of olives that are themselves the island's celebrated harvest.
ShintoOmura Shrine
Hidaka · Japan · shrine
The second shrine of old Tosa Province, standing quietly in the village of Hidaka on Shikoku since 587 CE and guarding a National Treasure sword shown to the public only once a year.
ShintoSamukawa Shrine
Samukawa · Japan · shrine
The ichinomiya, or foremost shrine, of the old province of Sagami, honoured across Japan as the nation's sole sanctuary for happō-yoke, protection from misfortune approaching from any of the eight directions.
ShintoSendai Tōshō-gū
Sendai · Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine on rising ground above Sendai enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu as a kami, its five surviving buildings from 1654 among Japan's Important Cultural Properties.
ShintoShiogama Shrine
Shiogama · Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine on a wooded hill above the port of Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture, attested since at least the ninth century and revered across northern Japan as guardian of seafarers and of pregnant women. It serves as head shrine to several hundred affiliated Shiogama shrines scattered across the country.
ShintoSumiyoshi Shrine
Fukuoka · Japan · shrine
Honoured as the oldest of Japan's Sumiyoshi shrines, this Hakata sanctuary enshrines the three Sumiyoshi sea kami and Empress Jingū, its main hall built in 1623 in the ancient Sumiyoshi-zukuri style.
ShintoSuwa Shrine
Nagasaki · Japan · shrine
The principal Shinto shrine of Nagasaki, reached by a long stone stairway rising through successive torii on the slopes of Mount Tamazono, celebrated each autumn for the Nagasaki Kunchi festival's fusion of Japanese, Chinese and Dutch dance.
ShintoTado Taisha
Kuwana · Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine at the foot of Mount Tado in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, formerly ranked kokuhei taisha under Japan's state shrine system and known nationwide for the Tado Matsuri, in which young riders send horses leaping a two-metre wall.
ShintoTagata Shrine
Komaki · Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, dedicated to the harvest kami Mitoshi no Kami and to Tamahime no Mikoto, known for the Honensai each March, when a portable shrine carries a great carved wooden effigy in procession to pray for a bountiful harvest and for fertility in all living things.