Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of , best known for its "floating" torii. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi, in in , accessible from the mainland by ferry at .
  • Protected area
  • Description: Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Aki Ichinomiya”
    “Itsukushima Shinto Shrine”
    “Itsukushima Shrine (Aizuwakamatsu)”
    “Itsukushima Shrine (Sumoto City)”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Great Torii and Noh stage, Itsukushima Shrine.
is situated 140 metres northwest of Itsukushima Shrine.
is situated 180 metres east of Itsukushima Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyajima and Hatsukaichi.
Quarter
was a town located on the island…
is one of the eight wards of the city of , . is situated 8 km northeast of Itsukushima Shrine.
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Latitude
34.29654° or 34° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
132.3193° or 132° 19′ 10″ east
Open location code
8Q6J78W9+JP
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Itsukushima Shrine” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Faltorja Itsukushima”
  • Albanian: “Shenjtorja Itsukushima”
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Itsukushima”
  • Arabic: “ضريح إيتسوكوشيما”
  • Arabic: “مزار إيتسوكوشيما”
  • Armenian: “Իցուկուսիմա կոթող”
  • Armenian: “Իցուկուսիմա սրբավայր”
  • Asturian: “Santuariu Itsukushima”
  • Azerbaijani: “İtsukuşima məbədi”
  • Balinese: “Kuil Itsukushima”
  • Bashkir: “Ицукусима ғибәҙәтханаһы”
  • Basque: “Itsukushima santutegia”
  • Belarusian: “Іцукусіма”
  • Bulgarian: “Шинтоистко светилище на Ицукушима”
  • Catalan: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • Catalan: “Itsukushima”
  • Catalan: “Santuari d’Itsukushima”
  • Catalan: “Temple d’Itsukushima”
  • Chinese: “严岛神社”
  • Chinese: “伊都岐島神社”
  • Chinese: “厳島神社”
  • Chinese: “嚴島神社”
  • Chinese: “宮島神社”
  • Croatian: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • Croatian: “Itsukushima”
  • Croatian: “Svetište Icukušima”
  • Croatian: “Svetište Itsukushima”
  • Czech: “Svatyně Icukušima”
  • Dutch: “Itsukushima-altaar”
  • Dutch: “Itsukushima-schrijn”
  • Dutch: “Itsukushima”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح ايتس و كوشيما”
  • Esperanto: “Icukuŝima-Sanktejo”
  • Esperanto: “Itsukushima-Sanktejo”
  • Esperanto: “Itsukuŝima-Sanktejo”
  • Esperanto: “Sanktejo de Itsukushima”
  • Finnish: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • Finnish: “Itsukushima”
  • Finnish: “Itsukushiman pyhäkkö”
  • French: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • French: “Sanctuaire d’Itsukushima”
  • Galician: “Santuario Itsukushima”
  • Georgian: “იცუკუსიმას ტაძარი”
  • Georgian: “იცუკუსიმის ტაძარი”
  • Georgian: “იცუკუშიმას ტაძარი”
  • German: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • German: “Itsukushima-Schrein”
  • Greek: “Ιερό Ιτσουκουσίμα”
  • Greek: “Ιερό της Ιτσουκουσίμα”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש השינטו באיטסוקושימה”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש השינטו באיצוקושימה”
  • Hindi: “इत्सुकुशीमा मंदिर”
  • Hungarian: “Icukusimai szentély”
  • Indonesian: “Itsukushima jinja”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Itsukushima”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Shinto Itsukushima”
  • Indonesian: “厳島神社”
  • Italian: “Santuario di Itsukushima”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Itsukushima”
  • Japanese: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • Japanese: “いつくしまじんじゃ”
  • Japanese: “伊都伎島神社”
  • Japanese: “厳島社”
  • Japanese: “厳島神社”
  • Japanese: “厳嶋神社”
  • Japanese: “嚴島神社”
  • Japanese: “安芸国一宮”
  • Japanese: “巌島神社”
  • Javanese: “Itsukushima Shrine”
  • Kannada: “ಇತ್ಸುಕುಶಿಮಾ ಶಿಂಟೋ ದೇಗುಲ”
  • Kashmiri: “اِژُکُشِما استان”
  • Korean: “이쓰쿠시마 신사”
  • Korean: “이츠쿠시마 신사”
  • Latin: “Itsukushima Templum”
  • Latvian: “Icukušimas templis”
  • Lithuanian: “Icukušimos šventykla”
  • Macedonian: “Светилиште Ицукушима”
  • Malay: “Kuil Itsukushima”
  • Malayalam: “ഇത്സുകുഷീമ ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Maltese: “Santwarju ta‘ Itsukushima”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Itukusima Sîn-siā”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Helligdommen Itsukushima”
  • Norwegian: “Helligdommen Itsukushima”
  • Persian: “ایزوکوشیما”
  • Persian: “زیارتگاه ایتسوکوشیما”
  • Persian: “معبد ایتسوکوشیما”
  • Persian: “معبد شینتو ایتسوکوشیما”
  • Polish: “Chram Itsukushima”
  • Polish: “Itsukushima-jinja”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário de Itsukushima”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário Itsukushima”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário Xintoísta de Itsukushima”
  • Russian: “Святилище Ицукусима”
  • Russian: “Святилище Ицукусимы”
  • Scots: “Itsukushima Shrine”
  • Serbian: “Svetilište Icukušima”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Svetište Itsukushima”
  • Sinhala: “ඉට්සුකුශිමා විහාරය”
  • Sinhala: “ඉත්ස්කුෂිමා විහාරය”
  • Slovak: “Icukušima-džindža”
  • Slovak: “Svätyňa Icukušima”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče Icukušima”
  • Slovenian: “svetišče Itsukushima”
  • Spanish: “Santuario de Itsukushima”
  • Spanish: “Santuario Itsukushima”
  • Spanish: “Templo Itsukushima”
  • Swedish: “Itsukushima”
  • Tagalog: “Dambanang Itsukushima”
  • Tamil: “இட்சுகுசிமா கோயில்”
  • Telugu: “ఇత్సుకుషిమా పుణ్యక్షేత్రం”
  • Thai: “ศาลเจ้าอิตสึกูชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Itsukushima Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Itsukuşima Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Іцукусіма дзіндзя”
  • Ukrainian: “Святилище Іцукусіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Святилище Іцукушіма”
  • Uzbek: “Itsukushima ibodatxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Itsukushima”
  • Vietnamese: “Thần xã Itsukushima”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santuwaryo han Itsukushima”
  • Western Panjabi: “اٹسوکوشیما”
  • Wu Chinese: “严岛神社”
  • Yue Chinese: “嚴島神社”
  • “tomo sewi Isukusima”
  • “tomo sewi Itukusima”

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