Harina Shrine

針名神社

The nearest shrine to my house in Tenpaku-ku Nagoya is Harina Jinja, a spacious shrine set in a small patch of woodland that abuts the Nagoya Agriculture Center.

Harina Shrine has a history dating back to 905 CE according to ancient records when it was located about 800m north of its present location. The shrine has an area of around twelve thousand square meters making it one of the largest in Nagoya.

The shrine has many classic features of shinto shrines in Japan including torii gates, a chozuya water fountain, a pair of guardian komainu (lion dogs) and a line of red torii gates dedicated to inari, the fox kami.

Harina Shrine has an annual Summer Festival with stalls set up and Obon-style dancing in July. At New Year, taiko drummers entertain worshippers making their first shrine visit of the year.

The nearest station to Harina Jinja is Hirabari on the Tsurumai Line of the Nagoya subway. Akaike Station is also a 20 minute walk away.

Harina Jinja
Tenpaku-ku, Tenpaku-cho
Nagoya
Tel: 052 803 6174

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Chozuya Water Feature At Japanese Shrines

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Chozuya are the water butts in front of every Japanese shrine. Here you purify your hands and mouth before entering the shrine proper. This chozuya is at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya.

Find shrines including Momotaro Shrine in Inuyama, Toyokawa Inari Shrine, Tagata Shrine and its phallic festival in March, the Naked Festival and Shin Otoko at Konomiya Shrine and the Horse Festival at Tado Shrine in Mie Prefecture.

Nagoya's most important shrine is Atsuta Jinja.

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Shrines Around Nagoya

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We have featured a number of quirky shrines and festivals around the Nagoya area: the Momotaro Shrine in Inuyama popular with children, the 1000s of inari fox statues at Toyokawa Inari Shrine, Tagata Shrine and its phallic festival in March, the Naked Festival and Shin Otoko at Konomiya Shrine and the Horse Festival at Tado Shrine in Mie Prefecture.



Nagoya's most important shrine is Atsuta Jinja.

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Map of Kyoto Shrines & Temples

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Use this scrollable map of Kyoto to navigate to some of Kyoto's over 2,000 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.

Find information on Ota Shrine famous for its irises in May, Hiko Shrine in Yawata, a quirky shine dedicated to flight, Go'o Shrine close to the Imperial Palace (Gosho) and Yoshida Shrine near Kyoto University known for its lively setsubun festival.

View Kyoto Temples & Shrines Map in a larger map

Temples covered on the map include Shisendo in Higashiyama, Ginkakuji and Kinkakuji and the less well-known Enkoji Temple.


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Sakaki Jinja

第六天榊神社

Enjoy a visit to Sakaki Shrine in Taito-ku in Tokyo. Our guide explains some of the features you will experience on a visit to any Shinto shrine.

These include the torii or shrine gate, stone lanterns known as toro, sando, the shrine path way, temisuya or chozuya, a water basin for purification, komainu, lion-dog guardians, ema, votive plaques and inari, foxes.

The honden is the main building where the shrine's kami (gods) live. The haiden is where worshippers to the shrine pray.




Sakaki Shrine
Taito-ku
Kuramae 1-4-3
Tokyo

The nearest stations are JR Asakusabashi Station and Kuramae Station on the Toei Asakusa Line.


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Usa Shrine Kunisaki

宇佐八幡宮

The original Usa-jinja (Tel: 0978 37 0001) in Usa in the Kunisaki Peninsula on Kyushu dates back over 1,000 years to 725 and the shrine is dedicated to Hachiman - the god of war and warriors.

The shrine is the oldest Hachiman shrine in Japan and ranks as one of the most important Shinto shrines in the country, up there with Ise Jingu and Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya.

Hachiman is the deified Emperor Ojin, a legendary Emperor of Japan. Hachiman shrines have now spread throughout Japan from this first shrine in Kyushu. The present shrine buildings date from the mid-nineteenth century.

Usa Shrine has attracted imperial support over its long history and there are now over 40,000 branches shrines of Hachiman all over Japan.

The annual Usa shrine festival is held on March 18.

Usa Jingu

Oita
Usa
Oji, Minami-usa 2859
872-0102
Tel: 0978 37 0001

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