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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. From November to February each year the night kagura is performed here, village by village, in private houses and kagura lodgings. From evening until the next morning, thirty-three dances are dedicated over a single night. An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, it continues not as a spectacle but as something the village does for itself.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesIts deity is the rock cave in which Amaterasu is said to have shut herself away. The nearby Amanoyasukawara is the cave where the gods are said to have gathered to confer.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesIt enshrines Emperor Jimmu. Known for the great torii on its approach and a white wisteria over 600 years old.
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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesThe cave where the gods are said to have gathered to confer. Countless stones stacked by worshippers stand in rows.
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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be the birthplace of Emperor Jimmu. Its cedar-lined approach runs a long way.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be where Amaterasu lived after she came out of the rock cave.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. Originally the mountain itself was the deity.