"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."の英語

"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."

Usually, it is kept in Isonokami Shrine in Nara Prefecture, but it is now on display to the public at the Nara National Museum.

The sacred mirror symbolizes the goddess Amaterasu Omikami enshrined at Naiku.

Setsubun Ceremony Held at Naritasan Shinshoji

A pine tree is painted on the rear wall of the stage to represent the original sacred environment.

Once every six years at Zenkoji in Nagano City, a replica of the principal Buddhist image housed at the temple is shown to the public.

The castle-shaped gravestone is made of granite and is about 1.8 meters tall, 2 meters wide and 2.5 meters long.

But according to recent research, the shrine was probably constructed in the 1060's, about the same time as Byodo-in Temple was built.

They include Nagasaki City's Oura Catholic Church, a national treasure and Japan's oldest surviving church.

I have heard that long ago, in a place near our village called Nakayama, there was small castle where the prince Nakayama lived.

A 400-year-old cherry tree at Ankokuronji in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, was in danger of dying from a root disease.

He asked Yabuuchi Satoshi, a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, to examine the statue.

From the design of the main shrine, the date of its construction was thought to be sometime after the 1080's, in the late Heian period.

It is believed that Fudomyoo, the deity enshrined at Shinshoji, has the power to make demons good.

On the temple grounds of Kyoto's Ninnaji, there are about 130 cherry trees called "Omurozakura."

According to legend, Nichiren Shonin, the founder of the Nichiren sect, drove his cherry-wood cane straight into the ground, and it took root.

rofessor Ikeuchi Katsushi and his research group at the University of Tokyo announced on Oct. 9 that they had generated a three-dimensional digital image of a national treasure, the Komokuten statue of Kaidando Hall at Todaiji, Nara.

About 400 monks proceeded from Kongobuji, the head temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect, to the gate.

The swords were donated to Todaiji by Empress Komyo in 756 after the death of Emperor Shomu.

At Toshodaiji in Nara Prefecture, the Kondo, the main hall, and the two Buddhist statues enshrined there are now under restoration.

Japan's only shrine to the god of weather is located on the grounds of Hikawa Shrine in Tokyo.

The Otsu City Museum of History recently announced that a small nehan-zo, a statue of the reclining Buddha, was found at Shin-chion-in in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture.

It is 27.6 by 40 centimeters and researchers say it was made between 1607 and 1609, shortly after the Tokugawa Shogunate was established.

At Todaiji, they were guided by the chief priest, Ueno Dozen, and saw the Great Buddha statue.

It is said that in 1336, Ashikaga Takauji retreated into the temple through Higashidaimon after battling Nitta Yoshisada's troops.

At Kaneiji in Ueno, he prayed for success in his first performances as Shozo starting on March 21.

It is thought that Rila Monastery was founded by a Bulgarian hermit, Ivan Rilski, in the 10th century.

The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum recently announced that a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a bird from the Lower Cretaceous Period was found for the first time in Japan.

One of the main attractions at Kyoto's Gion Festival is the Yamahoko-junko, a parade of beautifully decorated floats.

After talismans were burned, the chief priest of Toji Temple walked on the burning wood, and then the monks and believers followed.