Suwa taisha

Suwa taisha (諏訪大社?)
Harumiya hei-haiden
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Address	Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Glossary of Shinto

Suwa taisha (諏訪大社^?), or Suwa Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Over 1200 years old, it is one of the oldest shrines in existence, and is mentioned in the Kojiki, an 8th-century text. It consists of four building complexes, the Maemiya (前宮, lit. old shrine^?), the Honmiya (本宮, main shrine^?), the Harumiya (春宮, spring shrine^?), and the Akimiya (秋宮, autumn shrine^?).

Like others among Japan's oldest shrines, Suwa Taisha does not have a honden, the building that normally enshrines a shrine's kami. This is because its objects of worship (shintai) are the mountain the shrine stands on (at the Kamisha) and a shinboku (神木, divine tree^?) (at the Shimosha).

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