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Religious Site Attractions In Nagoya

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Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is Japan's third-largest incorporated city and the fourth-most-populous urban area. It is located on the Pacific coast on central Honshu. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Kitakyushu. It is also the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region, known as the Chūkyō metropolitan area. As of 2015, 2.28 million people lived in the city, part of Chūkyō Metropolitan Area's 10.11 million people. It is also one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.
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Religious Site Attractions In Nagoya

  • 1. Atsuta Jingu Shrine Nagoya
    Atsuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine traditionally believed to have been established during the reign of Emperor Keikō located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. The shrine is familiarly known as Atsuta-Sama or simply as Miya . Since ancient times, it has been especially revered, ranking with the Grand Shrine of Ise.The 200,000-square-metre shrine complex draws over 9 million visitors annually.
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  • 3. Nittai-ji Temple Nagoya
    Kakuouzan Nittai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Nittai-ji was built in 1904 in order to keep the ashes of Buddha, which the Kingdom of Thailand gave to Japan. ”覚王” means Buddha and “日泰” means Japan and the Kingdom of Thailand in Japanese. Usually, each temple in Japan belongs to a religious sect. However, Nittai-ji doesn’t belong to any religious sect. Every three years, 19 religious sects take their turn to dispatch a chief priest to Nittai-ji. Usually, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand visits Nittai-ji on his birthday.
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  • 10. Toyokuni Shrine Nagoya
    Toyokuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Nakamura-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. It was built to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who hailed from the region.
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  • 14. Kawahara Shrine Nagoya
    The Kawahara Shrine is a Shinto shrine and Buddhist Benten-dō located in the Showa ward of Nagoya, central Japan. The construction date of the shrine is not clear, it is assumed however that is appeared around 1000. The shrine underwent a number of reconstructions and renovations, the last one being in 1998. There is a pond with turtles that surround the shrine. Since Buddhism and Shinto were closely intertwined, the shrine was also dedicated to Benzaiten. Therefore, it is better known as the Benten of Kawana rather than Kawahara Shrine. The nearest Nagoya Municipal Bus stop is Bentenmae on the No. 18.
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