Izumo-taisha
Izumo-taisha, officially Izumo Ōyashiro, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in Japan. No record gives the date of establishment. Located in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, it is home to two major festivals.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: Possibly oldest Shinto shrine in Japan
- Also known as: “Izumo Grand Shrine”, “Izumo Ichinomiya”, “Izumo Ōyashiro”, “Izumo Taisha”, “Izumo Taisha-mae-eki”, “Kizuki Ōyashiro”, and “Kizuki Taisha”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Izumo Taisha-mae and Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo.
Izumo Taisha-mae
Railway station
Izumo Taisha-mae Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Ichibata Electric Railway and is the closest train station to the Izumo Taisha Shrine.
Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
Museum
The Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo opened in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 2007. The design, by architect Fumihiko Maki, references the locally-important tatara steel; construction was completed in March 2006. Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo is situated 620 metres north of Izumo-taisha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taisha and Izumo.
Taisha
Suburb
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Taisha was a town located in Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Izumo
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Izumo is a city in Shimane Prefecture with a population of around 150,000 people and a land area of 543.43km². It's located near Matsue.
Koryō
Suburb
Koryō was a town located in Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,843 and a density of 262.49 persons per km2. Koryō is situated 8 km south of Izumo-taisha.
Izumo-taisha
- Categories: taisha, ichinomiya, chokusaisha, Beppyo Shrine, Shikinaisha, Myōjin Taisha, Shinto shrine, Kokuhei-sha, Shikinai Hiteisha, Shikinai Supershrine, and transportation
- Location: Izumo Shi, Shimane, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Izumo-taisha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إزومو-تايشا”
- Basque: “Izumo-taisha”
- Catalan: “Izumo Taisha”
- Chinese: “出云大社”
- Chinese: “出雲大社”
- Czech: “Svatyně Izumo”
- Dutch: “Izumo-taisha”
- Esperanto: “Ĉefjaŝiro Izumo”
- Finnish: “Izumo no Oyashiro”
- Finnish: “Izumo Oyashiro”
- Finnish: “Izumo taisha”
- Finnish: “Izumo-taisha”
- Finnish: “Izumon suurpyhäkkö”
- French: “grand sanctuaire d’Izumo”
- French: “Izumo Ōyashiro”
- French: “Izumo-taisha”
- Galician: “Izumo Taisha - 出雲大社”
- Galician: “Izumo Taisha”
- Georgian: “იძუმო-ტაიშა”
- German: “Izumo no Ōyashiro”
- German: “Izumo Taisha”
- German: “Izumo-ō-yashiro”
- German: “Izumo-Schrein”
- German: “Izumo-Taisha”
- Hebrew: “איזומו טאיישה”
- Hungarian: “Izumo-taisa”
- Indonesian: “Izumo Ōyashiro”
- Indonesian: “Izumo Taisha”
- Indonesian: “Kizuki Taisha”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Agung Izumo”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Izumo”
- Indonesian: “出雲大社”
- Italian: “Izumo Taisha”
- Italian: “santuario di Izumo”
- Italian: “Santuario di Izumo”
- Japanese: “いずもたいしゃまええき”
- Japanese: “出雲国一宮”
- Japanese: “出雲大社”
- Japanese: “出雲大社前駅”
- Japanese: “杵築大社”
- Javanese: “Izumo Taisha”
- Korean: “이즈모 대사”
- Korean: “이즈모다이샤”
- Korean: “이즈모타이샤”
- Latin: “Izumo-taisha”
- Macedonian: “Изумо-тајша”
- Oriya: “ଇଜୁମୋ ତାଇଶା”
- Polish: “Izumo Taisha”
- Polish: “Izumo-taisha”
- Portuguese: “Izumo taisha”
- Portuguese: “Santuário de Izumo”
- Romanian: “Marele Sanctuar de la Izumo”
- Russian: “Идзумо тайся”
- Russian: “Идзумо-тайся”
- Spanish: “Izumo Taisha”
- Thai: “ศาลเจ้าอิซุโมะ”
- Thai: “ศาลเจ้าอิซูโมะ”
- Turkish: “Izumo-taisha”
- Ukrainian: “Ідзумо Тайся”
- Ukrainian: “Ідзумо-тайся”
- Ukrainian: “Святилище Ідзумо”
- Wu Chinese: “出云大社”
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