Portable Shrine House

Portable Shrine House is a building in Nikko, Tochigi. Portable Shrine House is situated nearby to the building Yōmeimon (Two-storied gate), as well as near West Cloistre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nikkō Tōshō-gū and Futarasan shrine.

Nikkō Tōshō-gū

Shinto shrine

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Nikkō Tōshō-gū is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Together with Futarasan Shrine and Rinnō-ji, it forms the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 42 structures of the shrine included in the nomination.

Futarasan shrine

Shinto shrine

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Futarasan jinja is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Nikkō Futarasan Shrine, to distinguish it from the Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja, which shares the same kanji in its name. Futarasan shrine is situated 200 metres west of Portable Shrine House.

Rinnō Temple Complex

Buddhist temple

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Rinnō-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Rinnō Temple Complex is situated 380 metres southeast of Portable Shrine House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirifuri Highlands.

Kirifuri Highlands

Photo: NEON, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Kirifuri Highlands is a highland area between Nikko and Kuriyama in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on the slopes of the Japanese Alps. The main activities in the area are skiing in winter and hiking in summer and autumn.

Portable Shrine House

Type: Building
Location: Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

36.75776° or 36° 45′ 28″ north

Longitude

139.59851° or 139° 35′ 55″ east

Open location code

8Q8XQH5X+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 699012994

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Portable Shrine House” goes by many names.

French: “Abri des sanctuaires portables”
Japanese: “Mikoshisha”
Japanese: “みこししゃ”
Spanish: “Mikoshi-sha”

Notable Places Nearby

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