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Matsubara Jinja
It enshrines Nabeshima Naoshige, and is affectionately called Nippo-san.
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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Learn how shrines and temples differ, then look at the photos
Start with the two explanations. Below them are photos and entries for shrines and temples across Japan.1,460 entries / page 54 of 61
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Imari Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Imari, combining three shrines. Nakashima Jinja enshrines the deity of confectionery.
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Niiyama Jinja
Known as Sanno-san. Its Otamai rite is performed once every twelve years.
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Oura Tenshudo
The oldest surviving Christian building in Japan, and a National Treasure. In 1865 hidden Christians declared their faith to a priest here, an event known as the Discovery of the Believers. For two hundred and fifty years the faith had been passed on without a single priest.
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Sanno Jinja
Half of its second torii was blown away by the atomic bomb, and the remaining half still stands. Called the one-legged torii, it was preserved rather than removed.
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Chinzei Taisha Suwa Jinja
The shrine of the Nagasaki Kunchi. It was built to re-establish Shinto in a Nagasaki left in disarray by the spread of Christianity. The Kunchi is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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Kashiragashima Church
A stone church. Villages and churches of the hidden Christians are scattered across the Goto Islands, and together they make up a World Cultural Heritage site.
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Kuroshima Tenshudo
The islanders laid the brick themselves. The floor is tiled with Arita ware.
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Kashiragashima Tenshudo
A stone church, unusual in Japan. The congregation quarried the stone from their own island.
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26 Martyrs
Twenty-six people were executed on the hill at Nishizaka. Pilgrims come here from all over the world.
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Urakami Tenshudo
It collapsed in the atomic bombing. The scorched statues and the bell tower were kept.
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Watazumi Jinja
Five torii standing in the sea. At spring high tides, seawater reaches close to the shrine halls.