Izumo Grand Shrine

Izumo-taisha, officially Izumo Ōyashiro, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in . No record gives the date of establishment. Located in , , it hosts two major festivals.
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  • Opening hours: 6:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Shinto shrine
  • Description: Possibly oldest Shinto shrine in Japan
  • Also known as: “Izumo Ichinomiya”, “Izumo Ōyashiro”, “Izumo Taisha”, “Izumo-taisha”, “Kizuki Ōyashiro”, and “Kizuki Taisha”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo and Main Shrine.

Museum
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The opened in , , in 2007. The design, by architect Fumihiko Maki, references the locally-important tatara steel; construction was completed in March 2006. is situated 300 metres east of Izumo Grand Shrine.

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 240 metres north of Izumo Grand Shrine.

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of , , . It is operated by the private transportation company, Ichibata Electric Railway and is the closest train station to the Izumo Taisha Shrine. is situated 720 metres south of Izumo Grand Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taisha and Izumo.

Suburb
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was a town located in Hikawa District, , .

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is a city in Prefecture with a population of around 150,000 people and a land area of 543.43km². It's located near .

Suburb
was a town located in Hikawa District, , . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,843 and a density of 262.49 persons per km2. is situated 9 km south of Izumo Grand Shrine.

Izumo Grand Shrine

Latitude
35.3998° or 35° 23′ 59″ north
Longitude
132.68551° or 132° 41′ 8″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 52958212
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q696362
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Izumo Grand Shrine” 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: “Grand sanctuaire 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: “Izumo-taisha”
  • Japanese: “いずもたいしゃ”
  • Japanese: “出雲国一宮”
  • Japanese: “出雲大社”
  • 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: “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”
  • “Q696362”

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