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Overview
Four shrines make it up: Kamisha Honmiya and Maemiya, Shimosha Akimiya and Harumiya, and some of them have no main hall at all. Once every seven years, at the Onbashira festival, huge trees cut from the mountain are hauled by hand and raised at the four corners of the halls.
About this place
Suwa Grand Shrine (Japanese: 諏訪大社, Hepburn: Suwa-taisha), historically also known as Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社 Suwa-jinja) or Suwa Daimyōjin (諏訪大明神), is a group of Shinto shrines in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shrine complex is the ichinomiya of former Shinano Province and is considered to be one of the oldest shrines in existence, being implied by the Nihon Shoki to already stand in the late 7th century.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded：Unknown (ancient) Shrine rank：Ichinomiya of Shinano Province Designation：Important Cultural Property Lineage：Suwa Shrine (about 10,000 shrines) Blessings：Victory luck, Agriculture, Good fortune
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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Source suwataisha.or.jp ↗Before you go
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