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• Noshi
  ...- strips of paper or dried marine products given as offerings at [[Shinto shrines]]
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• Egara Tenjin Shrine
  ...shrine]] in [[Kamakura]] counted as one of Japan's three great [[Tenjin]] shrines, along with [[Fukuoka|Fukuoka's]] [[Dazaifu Tenmangu|Dazaifu Tenmangû]] an [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Munakata Shrine
  Munakata Shrine is a collection of three shrines located on different islands, but all within the Munakata district of [[Fuk The islands on which the latter two shrines are located are considered quite sacred, and are associated with the identi
  1 KB (205 words) - 05:45, 26 September 2019
• Sumiyoshi Shrine
  ...province]], and remains today one of the most significant [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in [[Shinto]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
  1 KB (223 words) - 18:55, 14 June 2017
• Kashima Shrine
  ...] in [[Hitachi province]] since the 9th century, and one of the most major shrines in the archipelago as a whole. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Sueyoshi Shrine (Okinawa)
  ...[Naha]], on [[Okinawa Island]]. It is considered one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines]]. It is paired with the no-longer-extant [[Buddhist temple]], [[Hensho-ji| [[Category:Shrines]]
  931 bytes (129 words) - 04:59, 27 May 2020
• Okazaki Shrine
  ...[[794]] during the construction of [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]], as one of four shrines representing the compass directions. Okazaki represented the east, and was [[Category:Shrines]]
  1 KB (142 words) - 10:09, 23 April 2017
• Taimatsuden Inari Shrine
  ...roviding torches (''taimatsu'') to accompany the ''[[mikoshi]]'' (portable shrines) of Fushimi Inari in procession, during festivals. [[Category:Shrines]]
  1 KB (148 words) - 09:13, 6 June 2020
• Minakata Shrine
  ...chô neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]], regarded as one of the [[Kagoshima Five Shrines]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
  1 KB (160 words) - 21:59, 14 December 2015
• Ujigami Shrine
  ...], which was built in [[1052]]. While the Byôdô-in, and a great many other shrines throughout the country, may have been built earlier, and have survived, the [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Shikina Shrine
  ...cture|Okinawa]], counted as one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|Ryûkyû Eight Shrines]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
  2 KB (276 words) - 03:28, 25 November 2019
• Arata Hachiman Shrine
  Smaller shrines to subordinate gods are located at the cardinal points outlining the former [[Category:Shrines]]
  1 KB (159 words) - 20:35, 18 January 2016
• Yabosa
  ...deities associated with protecting such figures. Several notable [[Shinto shrines]] in Kyushu dedicated to the spirit of [[Minamoto no Tametomo]] are ''yabus [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Honda Tadaharu
  ...adaharu served as ''[[jisha bugyo|jisha bugyô]]'' (Magistrate of Temples & Shrines) from [[1702]] until his resignation in [[1713]].
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• Torii
  Torii are the gates which mark the entrances to [[Shinto shrines]]. They bear a simple but distinctive form, widely recognized around the wo ...of "Japan," it is almost exclusively found only at Inari shrines. Smaller shrines sometimes use a ceremonial rope (''[[shimenawa]]'') festooned with folded p
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• Guan Yu
  ...an Yu shrines held at individual Chinese restaurants and other businesses, shrines to Guan Yu in Japan can also be found at the [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temple]]
  1 KB (178 words) - 03:49, 15 August 2020
• Azato Hachiman-gu
  ...sland]]. One of a group of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|eight most important shrines in Okinawa]], it appears in numerous historical sources, including the ''[[ ...t and relocated to the site of [[Oki Shrine]] in [[1908]]. After all these shrines and temples were destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, local people buil
  2 KB (376 words) - 06:36, 21 November 2016
• Ema
  ...(lit. "picture horse") are wooden votive plaques commonly sold at [[Shinto shrines]]; the shrinegoer typically inscribes a wish or prayer onto the plaque and ...freestanding racks, or on the sides of a shrine building. However, at many shrines, an ''ema-dô'' ("''Ema'' Hall") houses the plaques purchased by devotees.
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• Kadode Hachimangu
  ...from [[Usa Hachimangu|Usa Hachimangû]] in Kyushu. It was among a number of shrines dedicated to the protection of the Imperial capital, and was later moved to [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kanto Kanrei
  ...cal appointments (such as shugo positions), as well as oversee temples and shrines.
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