Hirasaki Shrine

Hirasaki-jinja
枚聞神社

The honden, or main shrine
Information
Dedicated to Amaterasu
Address 1366, Kaimonjutcho, Ibusuki
Kagoshima 891-0603
Website www.ichinomiya.gr.jp/095.html
Glossary of Shinto

Hirasaki Shrine (枚聞神社, Hirasaki-jinja), also known as Hirakiki-jinja, is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Ibusuki, Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu.[1]

History

Hirasaki was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Satsuma Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Kagoshima Prefecture. [2] The kami enshrined is

In the system of ranked Shinto shrines, Watatsu was listed among the 3rd class of nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Shōsha (国幣小社).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kotodamaya.com, "Hirasaki Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-24.
  2. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine.; retrieved 2012-3-13.

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Coordinates: 31°12′28″N 130°32′23″E / 31.20778°N 130.53972°E / 31.20778; 130.53972

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