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Atsuta Shrine is the most important Shinto shrine in Japan. In this shrine one of three Imperial insignia, the "grass-mowing sword" (kusanagi-no-tsurugi) was preserved.
In Japanese mythology the sword originally belonged to the storm god Susanoo. When the legendary hero Yamato-takeru set out to conquer the eastern provinces the sword was presented to him by the high priestess of the Ise Shrines, Yamato-hime. Then, when his enemies tried to kill him by setting the long grass on fire, he saved himself by mowing the grass with his sword. He then hung the sword on a mulberry tree, from which it was stolen by Princess Miyazu-hime. And finally according to the legend, the brilliant flash of the blade set a cedar tree on fire. Hence in
In Japanese mythology the sword originally belonged to the storm god Susanoo. When the legendary hero Yamato-takeru set out to conquer the eastern provinces the sword was presented to him by the high priestess of the Ise Shrines, Yamato-hime. Then, when his enemies tried to kill him by setting the long grass on fire, he saved himself by mowing the grass with his sword. He then hung the sword on a mulberry tree, from which it was stolen by Princess Miyazu-hime. And finally according to the legend, the brilliant flash of the blade set a cedar tree on fire. Hence in
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Atsutajingu-Kyu-Cho Shrine Office
1-1-1 Jingu
Nagoya, Chubu 456-8585
Japan
1-1-1 Jingu
Nagoya, Chubu 456-8585
Japan
| January 1 to December 24 | |||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Closed | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 |
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