Atsuta Shrine

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Atsuta Shrine 熱田神宮
The haiden [en], or prayer hall, 2019
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Atsuta no Ōkami Amaterasu Susanoo Yamato TakeruAtsuta Shrine Miyazu-hime [ja; en] Takeinadane [ja]
Festival	Atsuta-sai; June 5th
Type	Chokusaisha Beppyo jinja, Shikinaisya Owari no Kuni sannomiya (Former kanpeitaisha)
Location
Location	1-1-1, Jingu, Atsuta-ku Nagoya, Aichi 456-8585
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°07′39″N 136°54′30″E / 35.12750°N 136.90833°E / 35.12750; 136.90833
Architecture
Architectural style	Shinmei-zukuri
Website
www.atsutajingu.or.jp/eng/index.htm
Glossary of Shinto

Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮, Atsuta-jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Japan.

Priests say it was founded when Emperor Keikō (71-130) ruled Japan. It is in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. People call it Atsuta-Sama (Venerable Atsuta) or simply as Miya (the Shrine).

It is a very important shrine, it is ranked near Grand Shrine of Ise the most important Shinto Shrine.

The complx is very big 200,000-square-metre (2,200,000 sq ft). 9 million people visit it every year.

Some priests of the shrine come from the Owari clan [ja; en].^: 434 Others come from the Fujiwara clan [en]. The Owari clan founded the shrine, but the Fujiwara clan are the current main priests.

The mythical sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi [en] is kept at this shrine.

Gallery

Related pages

• List of Shinto shrines

Notes

References

• Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii and Shôichirô Yoshida. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1575-1; OCLC 51096469
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 3994492

Other websites

Media related to Atsuta Shrine at Wikimedia Commons

• Atsuta-jingū website