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*''Japanese'': 二荒山神社 ''(Futaarasan jinja)''
*''Japanese'': 二荒山神社 ''(Futaarasan jinja)''
Futaarasan Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Nikko|Nikkô]], part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkô" [[World Heritage Site]], collectively along with [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] shrine and the [[Buddhist temple]] [[Rinno-ji|Rinnô-ji]]. The three were once a single shrine-temple complex, but were split up by the [[Meiji government]] in [[1871]].<ref name=unesco>"[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/913 Shrines and Temples of Nikko]." UNESCO World Heritage Sites official webpage. UNESCO, 2012.</ref>
Futaarasan Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Nikko|Nikkô]], part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkô" [[World Heritage Site]], collectively along with [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] shrine and the [[Buddhist temple]] [[Rinno-ji|Rinnô-ji]]. The three were once a single shrine-temple complex, but were split up by the [[Meiji government]] in [[1871]].<ref name=unesco>"[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/913 Shrines and Temples of Nikko]." UNESCO World Heritage Sites official webpage. UNESCO, 2012.</ref> The World Heritage Site designation covers 103 structures across 50.8 hectares, including 38 structures at Rinnô-ji, 40 at Tôshôgû, 23 at Futarasan, and two others.<ref>Plaques on-site at Rinnô-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54287904476/sizes/4k/]</ref>
The shrine was originally established at the peak of [[Mt. Nantai]] by the monk & mountain ascetic Shôdô Shônin. At that time, the mountain was called Futaara-san; an alternate reading of the same ''[[kanji]]'' (lit. meaning "two storms mountain") is Nikosan, which gave rise to the name Nikkô-zan, today written with a different set of characters, meaning "sun light mountain."
The shrine was originally established at the peak of [[Mt. Nantai]] by the monk & mountain ascetic Shôdô Shônin. At that time, the mountain was called Futaara-san; an alternate reading of the same ''[[kanji]]'' (lit. meaning "two storms mountain") is Nikosan, which gave rise to the name Nikkô-zan, today written with a different set of characters, meaning "sun light mountain."