Kanasana Shrine

Kanasana Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in . The shrine worships Amaterasu alongside Susanoo-no-Mikoto. It is a mid-range ranked Imperial shrine, and is a Ninomiya of Musashi Province, or a second rank shrine in the province after the Ichinomiya, and is commonly called "Ninomiya-sama".
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  • Type: Shinto shrine
  • Description: Shinto shrine in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kanasana Shrine (Ronsha 1)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Niu Shrine and 長泉寺.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Taisuke.Kasuya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 2 km northwest of Kanasana Shrine.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 3 km east of Kanasana Shrine.

Dam
Photo: 河川一等兵, Public domain.
is a dam in the of , completed in 1968. is situated 4 km southwest of Kanasana Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagatoro and Fujioka.

Town
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is a town located in , . As of 1 March 2021, the town had an estimated population of 6,838 in 2894 households and a population density of 220 persons per km2. is situated 8 km southeast of Kanasana Shrine.

Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city located in , . As of 1 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 64,539 in 27,616 households, and a population density of 360/km2. The total area of the city is 180.29 km2.

Town
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Misato is a town located in , . As of 1 January 2021, the town had an estimated population of 11,097 in 4494 households and a population density of 330 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 33.41 square kilometres. is situated 10 km east of Kanasana Shrine.

Kanasana Shrine

Latitude
36.18084° or 36° 10′ 51″ north
Longitude
139.07313° or 139° 4′ 23″ east
Open location code
8Q8X53JF+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2486425682
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q11647974
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Kanasana Shrine” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “金鑽神社”
  • French: “Kanasana-jinja”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Kanasana”
  • Japanese: “(現社地)金鑚神社”
  • Japanese: “武蔵国五宮”
  • Japanese: “金佐奈神社”
  • Japanese: “金鑚神社”
  • Japanese: “金鑽神社”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 御室ヶ嶽 and 大光普照寺（金鑚大師）.

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