Kashihara Shrine

Kashihara Shrine 橿原神宮

Outer prayer hall
Information
Dedicated to	Emperor Jimmu
Founded	1889
Website	Homepage
Glossary of Shinto

The Kashihara Shrine (橿原神宮, Kashihara Jingū^?) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Kashihara Shrine was built in 1889 at the site of the Kashihara-gū where Japan's first emperor, Emperor Jimmu, is said to have acceded to the throne.

Access

a 10-minute walk from the center gate of Kashiharajingu-mae Station on the Kintetsu Lines (Minami-Osaka Line, Yoshino Line, Kashihara Line).

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kashihara-jing%C5%AB Kashihara Shrine] at Wikimedia Commons

Official Site (Japanese)
Japan National Tourist Organization Site

Shinto shrine

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Kashihara Shrine

Access

See also

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