Futarasan Shrine

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Futarasan Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Nikkō, Japan, renowned for its sacred mountainous setting and its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage “Shrines and Temples of Nikkō” site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto shrine
administeredBy Shinto priesthood NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Shinto shrine architecture
associatedWith Daiya River NERFINISHED
Lake Chūzenji NERFINISHED
Mount Nantai NERFINISHED
country Japan
culturalPropertyStatus Important Cultural Property of Japan NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto NERFINISHED
Tagorihime-no-Mikoto NERFINISHED
Ōkuninushi NERFINISHED
foundedAs center of mountain worship in Nikkō
foundedBy Shōdō Shōnin NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Nikkō Futarasan-jinja NERFINISHED
hasFeature ancient cedar trees
sacred springs
stone lanterns
hasFestival Annual autumn festival
Annual spring festival
hasGarden sacred precincts with old trees
hasNameInJapanese 日光二荒山神社
hasPart Haiden NERFINISHED
Honden
Sacred bridge Shinkyo NERFINISHED
Torii gate
hasSacredObject Mount Nantai as shintai
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inception 767
locatedIn Honshu
Nikkō NERFINISHED
Nikkō National Park NERFINISHED
Nikkō mountain area
Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED
mountainWorshipSiteOf Mount Nantai NERFINISHED
near Nikkō Tōshō-gū NERFINISHED
Rinnō-ji NERFINISHED
openToPublic true
owns Shinkyo Bridge NERFINISHED
partOf Nikkō religious complex NERFINISHED
primaryDeityCategory kami of nation-building and agriculture
region Kantō region
religion Shinto
significance one of the principal historic shrines of Nikkō
touristAttraction true
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf Shrines and Temples of Nikkō NERFINISHED
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionYear 1999
worshipType mountain worship
nature worship

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Mount Nantai climbingAccess Futarasan Shrine
this entity surface form: via Futarasan Shrine
Nikkō National Park contains Futarasan Shrine
Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan hasAttraction Futarasan Shrine
Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan hasLandmark Futarasan Shrine
subject surface form: Utsunomiya
this entity surface form: Futarasan Shrine (Utsunomiya)
Mount Nantai hasSummitShrine Futarasan Shrine
this entity surface form: Okumiya of Futarasan Shrine
Nikko hasTouristAttraction Futarasan Shrine
Mount Nantai hasTrailhead Futarasan Shrine
this entity surface form: Futarasan Shrine precincts
Mount Nantai worshippedAt Futarasan Shrine