Shiogama Jinja

The rōmon (gate) of Shiogama Jinja

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History

The shrine was established in the ninth century. Shiogama jinja was one of two the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) for the Mutsu Province. When Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture were create in the Meiji period, the shrine continued to be the ichinomiya for the same area.[1]

Shiogama Jinja Media

References

  1. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-13.

Other websites

  Media related to Shiogama-jinja at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 38°19′9″N 141°0′43″E / 38.31917°N 141.01194°E / 38.31917; 141.01194