Itsukushima Shrine

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Shinto shrine UNESCO World Heritage Site tourist attraction

Itsukushima Shrine is a famous Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its "floating" torii gate that appears to rise from the sea at high tide.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Itsukushima Shrine canonical 10
Itsukushima 1
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto shrine ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Itsukushima Shrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itsukushima-jinja
architecturalStyle Shinden-zukuri ⓘ
associatedWith Miyajima deer ⓘ
100 Landscapes of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Nihon Sankei (Three Views of Japan)
category Shrines in Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dedicatedTo Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto ⓘ
Munakata goddesses ⓘ
Tagitsuhime-no-Mikoto ⓘ
Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto ⓘ
surface form: Tagorihime-no-Mikoto
famousFor floating torii gate that appears to rise from the sea at high tide ⓘ
shrine buildings constructed over water on stilts ⓘ
foundedInCentury 6th century ⓘ
governingBody Shinto priests ⓘ
surface form: Shinto priesthood
hasPart Haiden ⓘ
Heiden ⓘ
Honden ⓘ
Noh stage ⓘ
corridor network ⓘ
floating torii gate ⓘ
treasure hall ⓘ
hasStatus one of Japan’s most famous scenic sites ⓘ
hasTorii O-torii ⓘ
heritageDesignation Important Cultural Properties of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Important Cultural Property of Japan

National Treasures of Japan ⓘ
surface form: National Treasure of Japan
locatedIn Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ
Itsukushima Island ⓘ
Miyajima ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Miyajima ⓘ
surface form: Itsukushima
mainFestival Kangen-sai ⓘ
mainFestivalMonth June ⓘ
majorPatron Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ
nearCity Hatsukaichi ⓘ
partOf Itsukushima Shrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itsukushima cultural landscape
rebuiltInPeriod Heian period ⓘ
rebuiltInYear 1168 ⓘ
region Chūgoku region ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
shrineBuildingsSupportedBy wooden piles driven into seabed ⓘ
toriiFeature stands in the sea and appears to float at high tide ⓘ
toriiHeight about 16 meters ⓘ
toriiMaterial camphor wood ⓘ
traditionallyFoundedBy Saeki no Kuramoto ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1996 ⓘ
viewClassifiedAs one of the Three Views of Japan ⓘ
visitorAccess ferry from Miyajimaguchi ⓘ

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Chūgoku region → knownFor → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
western Japan → hasHistoricalSite → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
western Japan → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
this entity surface form: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
Seto Inland Sea → hasFamousView → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima
Taira no Kiyomori → patronage → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Benzaiten → cultCenter → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Setonaikai National Park → contains → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Hiroshima Bay → near → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Torii gate on World Showcase Lagoon → inspiredBy → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itsukushima Shrine torii
Itsukushima Shrine → affiliation → Itsukushima Shrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itsukushima-jinja
Itsukushima Shrine → partOf → Itsukushima Shrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itsukushima cultural landscape
Hiroshima Prefecture → knownFor → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture → contains → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture → hasWorldHeritageSite → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
Rōmon gate → hasNotableExample → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rōmon of Itsukushima Shrine
Battle of the Yalu River → notableShip → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itsukushima
Mōri Motonari → associatedWith → Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ