Shinto shrines

Japanese shrine of the Shinto religion

thumb|A mikoshi of Hiyoshi-taisha thumb|Mikoshi fighting on Nada-no-Kenka Matsuri at Himeji thumb|This mikoshi enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu at the [[Tōshō-gū in Nikkō.]] A is a sacred religious palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine). Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine and temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing.

Japanese castle located in Akō, Hyogo prefecture

An is a guardian kami of a particular place in the Shinto religion of Japan. The ujigami are prayed to for a number of reasons, including protection from sickness, success in endeavors, and good harvests.

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significant component of Japanese Buddhist temple compounds

Shinto shrine in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

right|thumb|237px|Chikaraishi at the Adachi Shrine right|thumb|237px|Chikaraishi at Yanagimori-jinja , also or bijuru (Okinawan), are heavy rocks used at least since the 8th century CE in Japan to develop or demonstrate physical strength. Commonly found within Shinto shrines, they were used for competition, divination, physical fitness and entertainment; some famous examples have also become tourist attractions, and many have been recognised as Important Cultural Assets by the Japanese Government.

thumb|upright=1.5| wrapped around the sacred tree: Yuki Shrine thumb|upright=1.1|The sacred tree of Sugiwabemikoto Shrine, Natural monument thumb|Ohtamiya Gora Prince Katsura's Ruins (Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi) A is a tree or forest worshipped as a – a physical object of worship at or near a Shinto shrine, worshipped as a repository in which spirits or reside. They are often distinctly visible due to the wrapped around them.

1678–1945 Shinto shrine in Korea

1898–1945 Shinto shrine in Seoul, Korea

is a kami that is worshipped in order to gain its protections for a specific building or region. In modern times, it is often conflated with ujigami and ubusunagami. A shrine enshrining a chinjugami is called a chinjusha.

Japanese sacred forest

thumbnail|Otabisho of Yasaka Shrine. thumbnail|Otabisho in Takayama, Gifu|Takayama. is a facility that serves as the temporary destination or midway resting point of a kami (more accurately the mikoshi) in the middle of its ritual procession. In some case, there exist several otabisho locations along the route of the kami. At the arrival of the mikoshi to an otabisho, some rites or a festival is usually observed.

thumb|300x300px|Ōmiwa Shrine|Omiwa Shrine has [[Mount Miwa as its Shintai and does not have a honden.]] , 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.

empire of Japan policy to merge shrines