Sacred Forest and “SHIDE” - Atsuta Shrine -

Atsuta Shrine is located on Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan and is one of the shinto shrines that guards Japan. When strolling through a small path passing by the main shrine (the haiden) wrapped in a deep forest, the sacred rope (しめ縄: shimenawa) was blocking the path leading to the back of Nobunaga-Bei (信長塀). Its sacred rope had a symbol of sanctuary, a paper decoration called SHIDE (紙垂: しで). It seemed as if this forest was connected to the world of japanese gods.

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Title : Sacred forest connecting to japanese mythological age – Atsuta Shrine -

Atsuta Shrine is located on Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture in Japan and is one of the shinto shrines that guards Japan.

Creation of Atsuta Shrine begins with the enshrinement of Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi(草薙神剣） in this shrine. Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the ancient sword that is considered one of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan, is known as a sacred sword owned by Yamato Takeru-no-mikoto, one of the japanese gods. After the death of Yamato Takeru-no-mikoto, his wife enshrined this sacred sword in Atsuta. Since then, Atsuta Shrine has been familiar to many japanese as a precious shrine for ranking to the grand shrine of Ise.

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