Main Shrine

Main Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi. Main Shrine is situated nearby to Bake-doro (‘Ghost Lantern’), as well as near the Shinto shrine Mitomo Shrine.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Futarasan shrine and Nikkō Tōshō-gū.

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.

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. Nikkō Tōshō-gū is situated 270 metres southeast of Main Shrine.

Taiyū-in Mausoleum

Buddhist temple

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Taiyū-in Mausoleum is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 160 metres west of Main Shrine.

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.

Main Shrine

Type: Shinto shrine
Also known as: “Honden, Ishinoma and Haiden”
Categories: honden, haiden, building, shrine, and religion
Location: Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

36.75874° or 36° 45′ 32″ north

Longitude

139.59641° or 139° 35′ 47″ east

Open location code

8Q8XQH5W+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 699236420

OpenStreetMap feature

building=shrine

Wikidata ID

Q107020321

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Main Shrine” goes by many names.

French: “Pavillon principal”
Japanese: “Honden”
Japanese: “ほんでん”
Japanese: “日光東照宮本殿、石の間及び拝殿”
Japanese: “東照宮本殿、石の間及び拝殿”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bake-doro (‘Ghost Lantern’) and Main Shrine.

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