Naikū
皇大神宮
shrine in
Ise
#4 in Ise
/
#401 in Japan
Naikū, also known as the Inner Shrine, is one of the most significant Shinto shrines in Japan and is situated in Ise, Mie Prefecture. It is dedicated to Amaterasu-Omikami, the Sun Goddess and the ancestral deity of the Imperial Family. Established over 2,000 years ago, Naikū is renowned for its traditional Shinto architecture and its practice of Shikinen Sengū, the ritual rebuilding of the shrine every 20 years to symbolize the Shinto belief in the renewal of nature and the impermanence of all things.
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