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| | Jinja shinto |
 | | The universally symbol of shrine Shinto is the torii or archway marking the approach to a shrine. | | | While some of the largest shrines receive a more or less constant stream of visitors, most shrines are used only occasionally, principally at the time of seasonal festivals or matsuri, when the deity may be ceremonially escorted from the shrine in a mikoshi (palanquin) to an o-tabisho (resting-place). | | | Jinja shinto is the form of Shinto commonly practised at the nearly 100,000 recognised shrines throughout Japan. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/shinto/jinja.html
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| | Perspectivies Shinto |
| | Another shrine is the Great Shrine of Isumo. | | | Jinja or Shrine Shinto is the most popular. | | | The Momoyama (A.D. 1568-1615) and Yedo (A.D. 1615-1867) Periods, Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples were built at the same sacred site (Finegan 457). |
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http://wildthing7.tripod.com/shinto.html
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| | Shinto Shrine of Ise Japan |
| | The Grand Shrine of Ise is the spiritual center of all the Japanese shrines. | | | was sanctioned by religious belief sanctified at the Inner Shrine at Ise. | | | Many shrines are located in pure natural surroundings of great beauty free of pollution. |
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http://www.tansu.net/shinto-shrine.html
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| | futahashira shrine homepage |
| | The god of Japan is worshiped at shrines all over Japan. | | | Actually there are many kinds of god in Japan and called Yaoyorozunokami. | | | There are one or two shrines around us without fail. |
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http://www.f-shrine.com/english
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| | Shintoism, Shinto |
| | Almost all shrines are members of Jinja Honcho, the Association of Shinto Shrines. | | | Jinja (Shrine) Shinto: This is the largest Shinto group. | | | Kami are generally worshiped at shrines (jinja), which are established in their honor and house the go - shintai (sacred objects) in which the kami are said to reside. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/shintois.htm
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| | Shinto Shrines |
| | Shinto shrines are places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto "gods". | | | Among them are Shinto's most important shrines, the Ise Shrines. | | | Inari Shrines are dedicated to Inari, the kami of rice. |
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http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2059.html
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| | Yasukuni Jinja Yushukan (Yasukuni Shrine) |
| | Recovered from Salamaua, New Guinea in 1969 and donated to Yasikuni Shrine in 1971. | | | The Yasukuni shrine, originally known as the Tokyo Shokonsha, was founded by Imperial command, in June 2, 1869 for the worship of 'the divine spirits of those who sacrificed themselves for their country'. | | | Abandoned on Iwo Jima, it was recovered and donated to Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, 2003. |
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http://www.pacificwrecks.com/restore/yasukuni.html
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| | Adherents.com |
| | Following the Imperial Restoration of 1868, Buddhism was denounced, Shinto was made the official state religion, and the emperor was worshiped as a god. | | | Although Shrine Shinto did not exist as a religious organization until after 1868, it is associated with the ancient forms of nature worship... | | | In this sense, 'shrine Shinto' means the beliefs and practices currently associated with the shrines, particularly those who look to the Jinja Honcho for guidance. |
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http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_602.html
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| | AN OUTLINE OF YASUKUNI JINJA |
| | This shrine, originally known as the Tokyo Shokonsha, was, by Imperial command, founded in June of Meiji 2 (1869) here at the upper part of Kudan slope for the worship of the divine spirits of those who sacrificed themselves for their country. | | | The number of sprites now worshipped amounts to some 2,500,000 and their names, the dates and localities of their death in battle and their native places are respectfully preserved at this shrine in the form of accurate records. | | | The word Shokonsha, also called Shokonjo, means the shrine or place to which the divine spirits of those who have made the great sacrifice are invited, and is thus peculiar to Japan inasmuch as the unknown warriors of Europe have not been apotheosized. |
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http://www.global-alliance.net/SFPT/YasukuniJinjaOfficialOutline.htm
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| | Asazawa Jinja (Shrine) |
| | @This shrine belongs to the Sumiyoshi Shrine, situated at the different place of the master Shrine and Ichikishimahimeno-Mikoto is enshrined. |
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http://www.osaka-udce.or.jp/rekishi/ueminami/p21_e.htm
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| | The Jinja Shinto:Jinja (or Shrine) |
| | Jinja, however, enshrines, in fact, only the spirit ofKami, and religious services are performed in the form of worshipping anobject in which the spirit of Kami is believed to reside. | | | The term, Jinja (or a shrine), is originated in a word Yashiro whichmeans the place for a some type of building. | | | Each shrine has its own statusaccording to various reasons such as the hierarchical status of the enshrinedKami, or the historical background of a shrine, or relationship of Kamiwith a community or the state, or popularity of the enshrined Kami amongpeople. |
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http://www.jinja.or.jp/english/s-4a.html
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| | The Kawashima Shrine originated from the Ukishima shrine (it means floating island) on the island in Yoshino river. | | | According to the legend, the Ukishima shrine was established in AD 673 and had been treated as one of the prestigious shrines in our community. | | | The name of the Kawashima Honai shrine (Honai means inside the fort) was printed on the piece of rafter which was used in rebuilding in 1629. |
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http://www.eastplex.co.uk/RONNIE-COLWELL/html/kawashima.htm
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| | Itsukushima Shrine: Information From Answers.com |
| | Itsukushima Shrine ( Japanese : 厳島神社, Itsukushima Jinja) is a Shinto shrine on Itsukushima Island in the town of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. | | | The shrine dates back to the 6th century, and has been in its present form since 1168 when funds were provided by the warlord Taira no Kiyomori. | | | The buildings that make up the shrine itself are also built in the water. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/itsukushima-shrine
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| | Hirota Jinja: Information From Answers.com |
| | Hirota Shrine (広田神社, hirotajinja) is a Shinto shrine in the town of Nishinomiya, in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture. | | | Today, the shrine is the only "Grand Shrine" in Hyogo Prefecture, and is famous for its kobanomitsuba tsutsuji, azaleas with three small leaves. | | | In the legend, Amaterasu, Goddess of the Sun, and arguably the most important kami in Shinto, speaks and declares that she and the other gods of Japan must be enshrined in Hirota, Nagata, Ikuta, and Sumiyoshi. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/hirota-jinja
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| | Japanese Shrines |
| | Photographs of shrines taken in Japan in 1998 and 2000. |
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http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Asia/Japan/JapanThemes/JapanShrines.html
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| | Jinja (Shinto) - Enpsychlopedia |
| | A kami worshipped at a jinja is generally a Shinto kami but sometimes Buddhist or Taoist deities are worshiped, as well as other kami not generally considered to belong to Shinto. | | | It is believed that a jinja had originally been only a temporary shrine constructed for a periodical matsuri at a sacred place such as a mountain or cave. | | | When a jinja houses a Buddhist temple, it is called a jinguji (神宮寺). |
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http://www.grohol.com/wiki/Jinja_(shrine)
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| | Hounen Matsuri 1/7 |
| | A shrine is the holy place of the Shinto religion. | | | The symbols, made of wood or stone, in the Tagata shrine are phallic. | | | You can't see images that represent God in a shrine, like the statues in Buddhist temples. |
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http://www.thoeny.com/peter/tagata/tagata1.html
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| | YASUKUNI JINJA |
| | The original name of the Shrine was Sho-kon-sha, meaning "the shrine for inviting the spirits." The name was changed to its present name of Yasukuni Jinja in 1879. | | | According to Tsubouchi Yuzo, author of Yasukuni, the Shrine was “a symbol of eradication of all local color under one national identity.” The Emperor and his officials used this Shrine not only as a symbol of the reunification, but also as a symbol of the Emperor’s legitimacy as ruler of the nation. | | | It was in 1879 that the Shrine was named Yasukuni, which means “the Shrine for establishing the peace in the empire.” The Satsuma rebellion had occurred just two years earlier and after victory the Emperor’s officials wanted some symbol to reunite the country. |
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http://www.geocities.com/gatoesmuchogor
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| | Japan Reference- Chugoku Guide - Miyajima Island & Itsukushima-jinja Shrine ... |
| | The shrine dates back to the 6th century, but it is only in 1168 that Taira no Kiyomori (see Shimonoseki) generously financed the construction of the present shrine. | | | The floating shrine of Itsukushima, more commonly called Miyama-jima, is one of Japan's three great views, and possibly the most photogenic one. | | | The shrine is also listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. |
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http://www.jref.com/practical/miyajima.shtml
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| | Kami no Michi 5 |
| | Shinto and shrine life was in the process of a revival and we at Tsubaki Grand Shrine were at the heart of it. | | | The Tsubaki Grand Shrine as it was at that time (i.e.,. | | | The end of the Pacific War meant also the liberation of many groups to restore shrines that had been closed down by government order (and there were many in Mie Prefecture) to revive many practices that had been suppressed especially in mountain shrines where many Buddhist practices had been mixed with Shinto rituals. |
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http://www.csuchico.edu/~georgew/tsa/Kami_no_Michi_5.html
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| | asahi.com : English |
| | The island's Enoshima Jinja shrine (0466-22-4020, 150 yen) dates back to 1206, and Benzaiten, the water-loving Buddhist patron of literature and music who's often depicted with a lutelike biwa, is housed in the octagonal Hoanden. | | | The ancient shrine was established before the formation of the Kamakura Shogunate and has Fukurokuju, the god of happiness, wealth and longevity, as one of its deities. | | | In addition to the main shrine, the grounds are home to Hataage Benzaiten, a smaller shrine built in 1956 to house a statue of the goddess Benzaiten that dates back to 1266. |
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http://www.asahi.com/english/lifestyle/TKY200412240107.html
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| | Shinto |
| | Shrines were erected to house both kinds of kami and accommodate rituals and celebrations intended to maintain harmonious unity between the deities and man. The location of a shrine represented the legendary settlement of that shrine’s kami. | | | After the introduction of Buddhism from China and Korea in the middle of the sixth century (552 A.D.) Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples began to be integrated into the same architectural complex. | | | Today you can find Shinto elements in many Japanese Buddhist shrines; Chinese styles, imported with the new religion, likewise influenced the development of Shinto shrines. |
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http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/orias/visuals/japan_visuals/shinto.HTM
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| | Pictures of Iwama Dojo |
| | The shrine is dedicated to the local fire god, a powerful deity of Shinto belief. | | | Atago Mountain is also famous in the Zen tradition, for it was here that the Zen priest Takuan rode a horse up and down the shrine's stone steps to demonstrate to his friend Lord Yagyu Tajima no kami the Zen principles of mental obscurities blocking physical action. | | | It is famous in the Aikido world for being the home the Aiki-jinja (the Aikido shrine), and the Iwama Dojo, which served as a home to O-Sensei when he moved from Tokyo to the country in 1942. |
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http://www.aikidoaus.com.au/dojo/docs/iwama.htm
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| | Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America |
| | Gosaijin (main deity) of Tsubaki O'Kami Yashiro and Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is Sarutahiko no-O-Kami, primal deity of positiveness, guidance and protection, leader of all Kunitsu Kami (earthly deities), and guardian of Aiki-do. | | | Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is the branch of Ise-no-Kuni Ichi-no-Miya (first shrine of the Ise region) Tsubaki O Kami Yashiro - established in 3 BCE (in the 27th year of the 11th Emporer Suinin)-one of the oldest and most prestigious shrines in Japan. | | | Tsubaki O'Kami Yashiro is also the Dai Hongu (main shrine) of Ame no Uzume no Mikoto (heavenly deity of divine movement, meditation, marriage and joy). |
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http://www.tsubakishrine.com/test/home.asp
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| | Sube shrine's Home page |
| | Because the city Miyakoda where a shrine was built was developed as the kitchen in the god sign of Ise, it thinks that the festival god did to the god who is the same as the god sign. | | | The Sube shrine is the shrine which is in the Engi formula of the ancient writing book and is one in six which is in the Inasa district of ToutohmiThe Sizuoka prefecture Hamamastu city in Japan in today. | | | It moved two shrines of 2 ( 902) of Engi to the place at present and we honored them nominally and it got to call them Sinmeiguu or Sube shrine. |
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http://members.aol.com/gkatogo/428/sube/eigo.html
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| | MATSURI, KIMONO, HAKAMA, OBI, TABI, ZOURI, KASA, KATANA, NINJA, WARAJI japan, japanese, traditional, classic, clothing, ... |
| | It is believed that the prayers on this day will afford the same number of blessings as having visited the shrine on Yonman-rokusen (46000) other days. | | | This festival features a gala parade of about 100 portable shrines carried by men, women and children,who are dressed in Happi-coats and Hachimaki-headband, a typical style of Edokko(Tokyoites) on festival days. | | | The highlight of this festival is a colorful parade of huge sacred palaquins drawn by an ox and about 70 Mikoshi(portable shrine) take part. |
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http://www.shop-japan.co.jp/matsuri/yoteimaturi-e4.htm
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| | Japan/Korea - March 2002 |
| | This torii is the entrance is to the Meiji Shrine. | | | The entrance to the Toshogu, Ieyasu's shrine at Nikko. | | | The MEIJI JINGU is a shrine dedicated to the spirits of the Emperor Meiji, who died in 1912, and the Empress Shoken. |
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http://www.stevesloan.net/japan.htm
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| | the Bog » Blog Archive » Sugawara Shrine |
| | Would this little shrine be a shrine to Inari? | | | Jinja is one of the suffixes denoting a shrine and has nothing to do with black-clad Japanese assassins appearing from inside magic lamps. | | | Dazaifu Tenmangu, in the same Dazaifu quoted above, is the primary, or “home” shrine for the education gods. |
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http://www.edpas.net/bog/107
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| | Japan in April |
| | The ceremony apparently is to represent the rebuilding of the shrine. | | | This is held at Jonangu Shrine, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto. | | | Large fir trees are cut down and erected on the grounds of the shrine. |
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http://bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/japr.html
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| | Aiki Jinja Tai Sai Festival |
| | Not only did this allow the shrine to accommodate the people in attendance, it was also in accord with Shinto philosophy for the shrine to be open to be in communication with nature. | | | Saito Shihan was the longest uchideshi of the Founder and has been keeper of the Aiki Shrine since the Founder's death in 1969. | | | Tai Sai is the grand festival held at the Aiki shrine in Iwama every year to honor the Founder Morihei Ueshiba. |
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http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=115
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| | Shinto Links |
| | This shrine was built in honor of Amaterasu, the Sun-Goddess, and remains the most revered and prestigious place of worship. | | | This shrine is the place of worship for the first American to become a fully licensed Shinto priest. | | | This is a link to a Shinto shrine in America, the Kannagara Jinjya Shrine, located in Granite Falls, Washington. |
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http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/world/shinto/links.htm
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| | Promenades in Chiyoda-ku |
| | Leave the shrine from the side exit that is on you left when you look at the center shrine building just before you enter its precinct. | | | On the street opposite side is the entrance gate of the Tokyo Daijingu shrine, an old holy location for a rebuit shrine that oozes of money as the mint perfect hall suggests. | | | On an uneventful Sunday late afternoon in Yasukuni shrine, I have a welcome plastic cup of hot amazake in the shabby food and drink shop in the middle or the large alley that leads to the main shrine building. |
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http://chiyoda-ku.blogspot.com
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| | Day Seven: Inuyama |
| | Not the pianist shrine, or peanuts shrine, but PENIS. | | | The penis shrine (and yes, there is a vagina shrine as well, but we didn't feel it held the same... | | | This was after we actually found the shrine, however. |
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http://www.mindspring.com/~snarkymabe/japan_trip/inuyama_main.htm
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| | Yasukuni Jinja - a Shrine to Japan's War Dead |
| | Yasukuni Jinjya - Yasukuni means "peaceful country" and Jinjya is Japanese for "shrine" (place of worship for the Shinto faith). | | | Located in Tokyo, Yasukuni Jinjya is a Shinto shrine built in 1869 to honor Japan's war dead. | | | At the end of the path stood the shrine, enshrouded in a chrysthanemum cloth, parted down the middle for a peek up the Shinto skirt. |
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http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/spirit/yasukuni
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| | EPAA Vol. 10 No. 14 Lee: Japanese Higher Education Policy in Korea |
| | Finally, the separation of Shinto from Buddhism was achieved, that is, Kokka (State) Shinto or Jinja (Shrine) Shinto as the state cult or religion (Aston, 1905; Bocking, 1996; Herbert, 1967; Holtom, 1938; Picken, 1994). | | | Palmer, Spencer J. Korean Christians and the Shinto Shrine Issue. | | | Japanese ancestral worship is a combination of Shinto and Confucianism, what we call Shinto-Confucianism. |
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http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n14.html
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| | Hempen Culture In Japan |
| | At Shinto Jinja (shrine), and Buddhist Tera (temple) certain objects are symbolically made from hemp. | | | She is enshrined at the holiest of place, the Ise Jinja (shrine) along with the ancient sacred mirror Ameratsu gave to her grandson when he descended from above to reign over the eight island kingdom. | | | Yet at home, a family shrine with the departed's picture and memorabilia is tended in the Shinto tradition with claps, incense and worshiping the kami within. |
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http://www.uncleweed.net/japan/index.html
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| | Nankai Jinja («n®ü¯«ªÀªÀ¸¹¸O South Sea Shrine, Hong Kong), 1942-1945 |
| | Given its nature, the shrine may be regarded as an overseas branch of the Yasukuni Shrine network. | | | The name of the shrine on the tablet was the calligraphy of Lieutenant General Hara Kiyoshi (surname first), commander of the 2nd China Expedition Fleet, 1942-1943. | | | Originally the name tablet was placed at the entrance to the South Sea Shrine. |
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http://www.ualberta.ca/~chor/nankaiji.htm
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| | Singapore Paranormal Investigators |
| | It is believed that the shrine was facing directly South; 2 and 3. | | | The article seems to imply that worshipers drank from this with a wooden ladle, although visiting Japanese hashers who have seen the site have told me that this particular relic was used for washing one's hands prior to entering the shrine. | | | This was marked by the sounding of the temple bell, the arrival of devotees and the presence of a Shinto priest presiding over rituals. |
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http://www.spi.com.sg/spi_files/shinto_shrine/Syonan_Jinja.htm
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| | Worshipping Amaterasu’s grandson Ninigi |
| | So it comes as no surprise that the shrine Kushifuru Jinja (Plate 1), just on the edge of the park Takama-ga-hara on the outskirts of Takachiho, is dedicated to Ninigi and his sons. | | | And so it is at the nearby Mt. Kirishima, just north of Mt. Takachiho, that stands the imposing Kirishima Jinja (Plate 3), where Ninigi’s spirit is thought to dwell. | | | Kirishima shrine overview: interior view of the shrine building. |
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http://home.att.net/~kojiki.tlvp/Pt1-Ch04/Part-1-ch-4-english.htm
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| | Hounen Matsuri: Tagata Shrine |
| | There are a number of interesting items around the shrine, stone and woodcarvings, manmade or naturally occuring that, of course, are all of the phallus-shape. | | | Inside, are also smaller carved phalli given to the shrine by couples or women in thanks for supposed blessings granted. | | | These objects are also occasionally loaned out to people who request a blessing from the shrine. |
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http://farstrider.net/Japan/Festivals/HounenMatsuri/Tagata.htm
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| | In worship of Ama-terasu |
| | Indirectly, by naming itself after the cave to which Ama-terasu had withdrawn – and in which, therefore, her spirit somehow still resides – this shrine complex manifests its purpose as the worship of Ama-terasu. | | | The entire shrine complex, for that matter, seems prepared at any time to host a reenactment, in the form of Yokagura, complete with requisite onlookers, of that event of long ago, with the expectation of a comparably miraculous outcome today. | | | Inside the second shrine building: mirror and offerings. |
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http://home.att.net/~kojiki.tlvp/Pt1-Ch03/Part-1-ch-3-english.htm
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| | Uji, Kyoto |
| | Another famous temple is Mampuku-ji, the head temple of the Ōbaku; Zen sect, built in Chinese Ming style in 1661. | | | Uji also is home to the Ujigami Jinja Shrine, another UNESCO World Heritage Site; |
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http://www.asinah.net/articles/content/u/uj/uji__kyoto.html
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| | Tsubaki Grand Shrine |
| | Tsubaki O Kami Yashiro and Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America, or use the links below. |
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http://www.tsubakishrine.com
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| | The Japan Times Online |
| | The tutelary shrine was Ishihama-jinja, and it commanded a fine view from all sides as it was built on raised ground. | | | In the center of the print is an embankment where pilgrims would descend the stone stairway on the left to a torii gate and then pray at the modest shrine to the right. | | | Stone monuments, including a pair of charming guard dogs, are silent witnesses to the bygone days when this place was frequented by literati who loved the tranquillity at this shrine's idyllic setting. |
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20050401se.htm
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