Aichi
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Aichi (愛知県；-ken) is a prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan.
- Atsuta Jingu (熱田神宮)
- The shinto shrine Atsuta is where the enshrined deity Atsuta-no-Ookami is worshiped. Atsuta-no-Ookami is Amaterasu-Oomikami as represented by the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-tsurugi, one of the three imperial regalia that symbolize the Imperial throne (the other two being Amaterasu's mirror, and an Imperial jewel). There is a sword museum on the shrine grounds called Atsuta Jingu Museum open from 9-4:30 (please call for what days because they can change randomly).
Takeinadane-no-Mikoto and Miyasuhime-no-Mikoto, first parents of Owari-Uji, indigenous people of Nagoya are also worshipped here.
Atsuta Jingo English website
- The shinto shrine Atsuta is where the enshrined deity Atsuta-no-Ookami is worshiped. Atsuta-no-Ookami is Amaterasu-Oomikami as represented by the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-tsurugi, one of the three imperial regalia that symbolize the Imperial throne (the other two being Amaterasu's mirror, and an Imperial jewel). There is a sword museum on the shrine grounds called Atsuta Jingu Museum open from 9-4:30 (please call for what days because they can change randomly).
- Nagoya Castle
See also
| Akita JET Travel Guide | |
|---|---|
| Hokkaido | Hokkaido |
| Tohoku | Aomori • Akita • Fukushima • Iwate • Miyagi • Yamagata |
| Kanto | Chiba • Gunma • Ibaraki • Kanagawa • Saitama • Tochigi • Tokyo |
| Chubu | Aichi • Fukui • Gifu • Ishikawa • Mie • Nagano • Niigata • Shizuoka • Toyama • Yamanashi |
| Kansai | Hyogo • Kyoto • Nara • Osaka • Shiga • Wakayama |
| Chugoku | Hiroshima • Okayama • Shimane • Tottori • Yamaguchi |
| Shikoku | Ehime • Kagawa • Kōchi • Tokushima |
| Kyushu | Fukuoka • Kagoshima • Kumamoto • Miyazaki • Nagasaki • Ōita • Saga |
| Okinawa | Okinawa |
