Atsuta Shrine

Atsuta Shrine 熱田神宮
The haiden, or prayer hall, 2019
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Atsuta no Ōkami Amaterasu Susanoo Yamato TakeruAtsuta Shrine Miyazu-hime Takeinadane
Festival	Atsuta-sai; June 5th
Type	Chokusaisha Beppyo jinja, Shikinaisya Owari no Kuni sannomiya (Former kanpeitaisha)
Location
Location	1-1-1, Jingu, Atsuta-ku Nagoya, Aichi 456-8585
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°07′39″N 136°54′30″E
Architecture
Architectural style	Shinmei-zukuri
Website
www.atsutajingu.or.jp/eng/index.htm
Glossary of Shinto

Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮, Atsuta-jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Japan.

Priests say it was founded when Emperor Keikō (71-130) ruled Japan. It is in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. People call it Atsuta-Sama (Venerable Atsuta) or simply as Miya (the Shrine).

It is a very important shrine, it is ranked near Grand Shrine of Ise the most important Shinto Shrine.

The complx is very big 200,000-square-metre (2,200,000 sq ft). 9 million people visit it every year.

Some priests of the shrine come from the Owari clan. Others come from the Fujiwara clan. The Owari clan founded the shrine, but the Fujiwara clan are the current main priests.

The mythical sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi is kept at this shrine.

Gallery

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  Nobunaga-Bei
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  The shrine's torii
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  The shrine's treasure hall Bunkaden
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  Kusanagi Square

Related pages

• List of Shinto shrines

References

• Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii and Shôichirô Yoshida. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1575-1; OCLC 51096469
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 3994492

Other websites

Media related to Atsuta Shrine at Wikimedia Commons

• Atsuta-jingū website