Suwa-jinja
Suwa Shrine is the major Shinto shrine of Nagasaki, Japan, and one of the major locations of the Nagasaki Kunchi, originally celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and now celebrated on the fixed dates of October 7 to October 9.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrines in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Chinzei Grand Shrine Suwa Shrine”, “Chinzei Taisha Suwa Shrine”, and “Suwa Shrine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture and 長崎県立長崎図書館.
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture in Nagasaki, Japan is one of the few museums in Japan devoted to the theme of "overseas exchange". The museum holds 48,000 items in its collection, including historical documents and arts and crafts, that tell the story of Nagasaki as the sole window opened to foreign countries during the period of national isolation. Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture is situated 270 metres southwest of Suwa-jinja.
長崎県立長崎図書館
Library
Photo: Ackeyyama, CC BY-SA 3.0.
長崎県立長崎図書館 is a library, which is situated 230 metres southwest of Suwa-jinja.
City hall of Nagasaki
Town hall
Photo: Atsasebo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
City hall of Nagasaki is a town hall, which is situated 560 metres south of Suwa-jinja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dejima and Nagayo.
Dejima
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.
Nagayo
Town
Nagayo is a town located in Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 39,548 in 17077 households, and a population density of 1400 people per km2. The total area of the town is 28.73 km2. Nagayo is situated 8 km north of Suwa-jinja.
Suwa-jinja
- Categories: Suwa Shrine, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.7542° or 32° 45′ 15″ northLongitude
129.88192° or 129° 52′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8Q4FQV3J+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 544258615OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q84028
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Suwa-jinja” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “鎮西大社 諏訪神社”
- Chinese: “鎮西大社諏訪神社”
- Chinese: “镇西大社诹访神社”
- French: “Suwa-jinja”
- German: “Chinzei taisha suwa jinja”
- German: “Chinzei-taisha-suwa-jinja”
- German: “Suwa-Schrein”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Suwa”
- Japanese: “ちんぜいたいしゃすわじんじゃ”
- Japanese: “諏訪神社”
- Japanese: “鎮西大社諏訪神社”
- Korean: “스와 신사”
- Persian: “معبد سووا (ناگاساکی)”
- Persian: “معبد سووا”
- Polish: “Suwa-jinja”
- Russian: “Сува-дзиндзя”
- Slovenian: “svetišče Suva”
- Spanish: “Santuario Suwa”
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