Also called Sanja-sama, after the three fishermen it is dedicated to, this shrine enjoys lasting popularity among the tourists and locals…
Founded in 757, the shrine is considered to be the oldest Shinto shrine in the city.
This Shinto shrine (called Tokyo daijingu by the locals) is wildly popular with the Japanese, who come here to pray for happiness in…
The Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha is a Shintō shrine in the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The largest structure on the island is devoted to one of the unifiers of the 16th-century Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Kumano Hayatama Taisha is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the Kii Peninsula of…
Supposedly founded before the 9th century, this UNESCO site is one of the oldest shrines in the region.
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