Amanoiwato-jinja

Amanoiwato-jinja 天岩戸神社
Torii at Amanoiwato-jinja
Information
Dedicated to	Amaterasu
Address	1073-1, Iwato, Takachiho Nishiusuki District Miyazaki 882-1621
Glossary of Shinto

Amanoiwato-jinja (天岩戸神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Takachiho, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and sits above the gorge containing Ama-no-Iwato, the cave where, according to Japanese legend, the goddess hid after battle with her brother, plunging the world into darkness until lured out by the spirit of merriment Ame-no-Uzume.

References

External links

Ama-no-Iwato Jinja Official website
Takachiho travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Shinto shrines

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)

Sun temples

Amanawa Shinmei Shrine Amanoiwato-jinja Arasavalli, Andhra Pradesh Biranchinarayan Temple, Buguda Biranchinarayan Temple, Palia Egyptian sun temple Ise Grand Shrine Konark Sun Temple Martand Sun Temple Sun Temple, Modhera Multan Sun Temple Navlakha Temple, Ghumli Qurikancha Suryanar Kovil Temple of the Sun, Beijing Unao, Balaji

Coordinates: 32°44′04″N 131°21′02″E / 32.73444°N 131.35056°E / 32.73444; 131.35056

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