Atsuta Shrine

• • Co-ordinates:
  • Region: Chūbu Region
  • Prefecture: Aichi Prefecture
  • Founded:
  • Affiliation: Shinto

Atsuta Shrine

The Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮) is a Shinto Shrine located in Nagoya.

Legendary Period

In the 51st year of Emperor Keikō’s reign the Sacred Sword kusanagi was enshrined here.¹

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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