A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja, archaic: shinsha, meaning: "kami shrine") is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, the...

of Shintō such as popular Shintō, folk Shintō, domestic Shintō, sectarian Shintō, imperial house Shintō, shrine Shintō, state Shintō, new Shintō religions...

Ise Shrine is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, Naikū [ja] (内宮) and Gekū [ja] (外宮). The Inner Shrine, Naikū...

Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating"...

mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, beings...

Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Yasukuni Jinja, lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor...

The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests: 59 : 120  to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor...

of Shinto Shrines (神社本庁, Jinja Honchō) is a religious administrative organisation that oversees about 80,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. These shrines take...

Honourable Imperial Divinity') – The Shinto sun goddess, tutelary kami and ancestor of the Emperor, enshrined at Ise Shrine. Amatsukami (天津神, lit. 'Heavenly...

A miko (巫女), or shrine maiden, is a young priestess who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans, but are understood in modern Japanese...

This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan. There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan. Shrines with structures that are National Treasures...

Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress...

Inari-taisha shrine Kitsune statue in the Senbon Torii Fox guardian at the Fushimi Inari shrine. Architecture portal Japan portal List of Shinto shrines Modern...

Shinto architecture is the architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines. With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha Shinto shrines before...

Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), once called Gion Shrine (祇園神社, Gion-jinja), is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the...

kami worship and formed State Shinto, which some historians regard as the origin of Shinto as a distinct religion. Shrines came under growing government...

SAGE Publications. 2012. p. 1539. ISBN 9781412994224. Shinto Shinto shrine List of Shinto shrines Buddhist Churches of America Honpa Hongwanji Mission...

Japanese State Shinto. This system classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided...

Izumo-taisha (出雲大社, "Izumo Grand Shrine"), officially Izumo Ōyashiro, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in Japan. No record gives the...

related to Shinto shrines. For lists of Shinto shrines, see: List of Shinto shrines in Japan List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto List of Shinto shrines outside...

Asakusa Shrine (浅草神社, Asakusa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Sanja-sama (Shrine of the Three gods),...

The Heian-jingu Shrine (平安神宮, Heian-jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The Shrine is ranked as a Beppyō Jinja (別表神社) (the top...

Shrine Shinto is a form of the Shinto religion. It has two main varieties: State Shinto, a pre-World War II variant, and another centered on Shinto shrines...

their entrances are marked by vermilion torii. Both Buddhist and Shinto Inari shrines are located throughout Japan. The original legend of Inari as described...

Kashima Shrine (鹿島神宮, Kashima Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to Takemikazuchi-no-Ōkami...

typically indicates a sacred or ritually pure space, such as that of a Shinto shrine. Shimenawa are believed to act as a ward against evil spirits, and are...

Ikuta Shrine (生田神社, Ikuta-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Chūō Ward of Kobe, Japan, and is possibly among the oldest shrines in the country. It was founded...

countries, and the embrace of Shinto by various non-Japanese individuals. Jinja outside Japan are termed kaigai jinja ("overseas shrines"), a term coined by Ogasawara...

common to Japan, in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write prayers or wishes. Ema are left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or...

Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮, Atsuta-jingū) is a Shinto shrine, home to the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan—traditionally...