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HiroshimaShrines & Temples
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Itsukushima Jinja

This shrine stands out over the sea because the island itself is the deity. No earthworks may be cut into a god's island, so they built on the water. A restriction of belief became, exactly as it is, a World Heritage view. Taira no Kiyomori is said to have given it its present form.

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HiroshimaShrines & Temples
Hatsukaichi

Otorii

It is not sunk into the seabed: it stands by its own weight alone. The upper shimaki and kasagi are box-like and packed with about seven tons of stones to make it heavy.

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