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[[File:Mezuradake.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Mezura-dake as it appears today]]
*''Japanese'': 美連嶽 or 免津良嶽 ''(mezura dake)''
Mezura-dake, also known as Minchira utaki, is an ''[[utaki]]'', or sacred space, located just outside [[Shuri castle]], along Aijo-ufumichi and just to the south of the castle's Chûzanmon.
A 17th century map of the city shows a shrine building on the site; today, the site consists chiefly of just a significant rock outcropping, about 16 feet high, in a small space between buildings. During the time of the kingdom, the shrine was one of those overseen by the Makabe [[oamushirare]] (High Priestess).
In the prewar era, the ''utaki'' covered about 250 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' (826 m<sup>2</sup>), and included a number of lush trees and plants surrounding the sacred stone, where incense burners were also placed.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Shrines]]
*''Japanese'': 美連嶽 or 免津良嶽 ''(mezura dake)''
Mezura-dake, also known as Minchira utaki, is an ''[[utaki]]'', or sacred space, located just outside [[Shuri castle]], along Aijo-ufumichi and just to the south of the castle's Chûzanmon.
A 17th century map of the city shows a shrine building on the site; today, the site consists chiefly of just a significant rock outcropping, about 16 feet high, in a small space between buildings. During the time of the kingdom, the shrine was one of those overseen by the Makabe [[oamushirare]] (High Priestess).
In the prewar era, the ''utaki'' covered about 250 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' (826 m<sup>2</sup>), and included a number of lush trees and plants surrounding the sacred stone, where incense burners were also placed.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Shrines]]