- Niutsuhime Shrine
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Niutsuhime-jinja
丹生都比売神社
The honden, or main hall Information Dedicated to Niutsuhime-no-Ōkami
Kōyamiko-no-Ōkami
Ōgetsuhime-no-kami
Ichikishimahime-no-ŌkamiFounded Unknown, before 9th century Address 230 Kami-amano, Katsuragi-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama-ken Website Homepage 
Glossary of ShintoNiutsuhime Shrine or Nibutsuhime Shrine (丹生都比売神社 Niutsuhime-jinja, Nibutsuhime-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Ito district, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The main hall is partially built in the kasuga-zukuri style.
In 2004, It was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
See also
- List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-swords)
External links
Shinto shrine Shinto architecture Buildings - chōzuya or temizuya
- haiden
- heiden
- hokora
- honden / shinden / shōden
- kagura-den
- massha
- sessha
Architectonic elements Styles - hirairi-zukuri
- tsumairi-zukuri
- gongen-zukuri
- hachiman-zukuri
- hiyoshi-zukuri
- irimoya-zukuri
- ishi-no-ma-zukuri
- kasuga-zukuri
- kibitsu-zukuri
- misedana-zukuri
- nagare-zukuri
- ōtori-zukuri
- owari-zukuri
- ryōnagare-zukuri
- shinmei-zukuri
- sumiyoshi-zukuri
- taisha-zukuri
Others Implements Main kami Staff Head shrines1 - Fushimi Inari Taisha
- Usa Hachiman-gū
- Ise Grand Shrine
- Dazaifu Tenman-gū
- Munakata Taisha
- Suwa Taisha
- Hiyoshi Taisha
- Kumano Nachi Taisha
- Tsushima Shrine
- Yasaka Shrine
Miscellaneous 1 (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)
Coordinates: 34°15′46″N 135°31′19″E / 34.26278°N 135.52194°E
Categories:- Shinto stubs
- Japanese building and structure stubs
- World Heritage Sites in Japan
- Shinto shrines
- Shinto shrines in Wakayama Prefecture
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