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Itsukushima torii angle
A torii is a gate that leads to a jinja. This one is in the sea near Itsukushima Shrine.

A Shinto shrine is a place where people worship in the Shinto religion. Many Shinto shrines have buildings, gates, and natural areas around them. The usual Japanese word for a Shinto shrine is jinja (神社).

Images for kids

  • Plum trees Kitano Tenmangu

    Two women praying in front of a shrine

  • Tsurugaoka Hachimangū-ji

    An example of jingū-ji: Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū-ji in an old drawing. In the foreground the shrine-temple's Buddhist structures (not extant), among them a pagoda, a belltower and a niōmon. The shrine (extant) is above.

  • Kodaki fuji frm shojinko refurb

    Mount Fuji is Japan's most famous shintai.

  • Haiden of Izumo-taisha-1

    Izumo-taisha

  • Naiku 04

    Ise Grand Shrine has been the most important shrine in Japan.

  • Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto (30173750748)

    Senbon torii leading to the Fushimi Inari-taisha

  • Yasukuni Shrine 201005

    The Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo

  • Sōgyō Hachiman

    Hachiman in Buddhist robes due to shinbutsu-shūgō

  • Plan of Shinto Shrine

    The composition of a Shinto shrine

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    Mengjiang shrine in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China in 1952

  • Ujigami jinja08s3s4500

    Ujigami Shrine in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture

  • IseShrineBuilding

    A shrine at Ise

  • Kamosu jinja

    Kamosu Jinja's honden

  • Hakusan gongen

    A small shrine called Hakusan Gongen (白山権現), following the pre-Meiji custom.

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    A kannushi

  • Shinra Zenjin Hall

    Hirairi style: entrance on the non-gabled side

  • Outside of Itsukushima main shrine

    Tsumairi style: entrance on the gabled side

  • Katsuragi-jinja (Gose, Nara) massha

    Some setsumassha

  • Hokora-DSC2202

    A hokora

  • Ise Shrine Meizukuri

    Shinmei-zukuri

  • Sumiyoshi shrine Honden

    Sumiyoshi-zukuri

  • Izumo Shrine Honden

    Taisha-zukuri, Izumo Taisha

  • Kayashima shrine - panoramio (1)

    Kayashima Station with the camphor sacred tree growing through it with a shrine at the base

  • Jinja no Mori Yuni Hokkaido

    The Jinja no Mori near Yuni, Hokkaido

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Jinja para niños

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