Kannabi

Omiwa Shrine has Mount Miwa as its Shintai and does not have a honden.

Kannabi (神奈備), also kaminabi or kamunabi, refers to a region in Shinto that is a shintai (repositories in which kami reside) itself, or hosts a kami. They are generally either mountains or forests. Nachi Falls is considered a kannabi, as is Mount Miwa.

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They may be host to shinboku (sacred trees), or Iwakura rocks They may have shimenawa, torii, and sandō marking the path towards them.[citation needed]

Shrines dedicated to kannabi often lack a honden or haiden, and instead enshrine the natural kannabi as deities. Ōmiwa Shrine is one such example. Kanasana Shrine also has its mountain as its shintai.

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