Amanoiwato-jinja 天岩戸神社 |
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 Torii at Amanoiwato-jinja
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Location |
1073-1, Iwato, Takachiho Nishiusuki District Miyazaki 882-1621 |
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Geographic coordinates |
32°44′04″N 131°21′02″E / 32.73444°N 131.35056°E / 32.73444; 131.35056Coordinates: 32°44′04″N 131°21′02″E / 32.73444°N 131.35056°E / 32.73444; 131.35056
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Affiliation |
Shinto |
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Deity |
Amaterasu |
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Glossary of Shinto
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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
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Shinto architecture |
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Buildings |
- chōzuya or temizuya
- haiden
- heiden
- hokora
- honden / shinden / shōden
- kagura-den
- massha
- sessha
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Architectonic elements |
- Chinjusha
- chigi
- hidden roof
- kaerumata: see nakazonae
- kairō
- karahafu
- karamon
- katōmado
- katsuogi
- ken
- kentozuka: see nakazonae
- kitsune (fox)
- komainu
- mon
- nakazonae
- sandō
- shinboku
- shōrō
- sōrin
- tamagaki
- tokyō
- torii
- tōrō
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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
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Others |
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Implements |
- An
- ema
- gohei
- hakama
- jōe
- kamidana
- mikoshi
- ofuda
- omamori
- ōnusa
- saisen
- shaku
- shide
- shimenawa
- shinboku
- shintai
- tamagushi
- tamaya
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Main kami
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- Amaterasu
- Hachiman
- Inari Ōkami
- Tenjin
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Staff |
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Head shrines1
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- 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
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Miscellaneous |
- A-un
- Glossary of Shinto
- jingū-ji
- Jinja Honchō
- miyadera
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1 (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)
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Sun temples
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- Amanawa Shinmei Shrine
- Amanoiwato-jinja
- Arasavalli Sun Temple
- Balaji's Sun Temple
- Beijing's Temple of the Sun
- Biranchinarayan Temple, Buguda
- Biranchinarayan Temple, Palia
- Egyptian sun temple
- Ise Grand Shrine
- Katarmal's Sun Temple
- Konark Sun Temple
- Martand Sun Temple
- Mesa Verde's Sun Temple
- Modhera's Sun Temple
- Multan Sun Temple
- Navlakha Temple, Ghumli
- Qurikancha
- Rome's Temple of the Sun
- Suryanar Kovil
- Temple of the Cross Complex
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