Important shrines
• Atsuta Shrine, Nagoya, Aichi, shrine
to the Imperial sword Kusanagi
• Heian Jingu (Kyoto), dedicated
to Emperors Kammu and Ko¯mei
• Ise Shrine (Ise), dedicated
to Amaterasu
• Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima prefecture
• Iwashimizu
Shrine, Yawata, Kyoto
• Izumo Shrine (Izumo)
• Kasuga Shrine, Nara
• Katori Shrine, Chiba Prefecture
• Kumano Shrines,
Wakayama Prefecture
• Meiji Shrine (Tokyo), the shrine of
Emperor Meiji
• Nikko Toshogu, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture
• Tsurugaoka
Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura, Kanagawa
• Usa Hachiman Shrine,
Oita Prefecture
• Yasukuni Shrine (Tokyo), controversial shrine
dedicated to the 'peace of the nation' and seen
by some as a symbol of Japan's militaristic past
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