Itsukushima shrine

Itsukushima shrine

A shrine of the water

Itsukushima Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. It is said that Itsukushima Jinja is the only shrine in the world built over the surface of the sea. The shrine enchants people who visit by a beautiful appearance like the palace of the sea goddess castle that floats on water when becoming it at high water. It was founded in 593, and the repair enlargement had been accomplished under the warm protection of Heike clan including Kiyomori that veneration did Itsukushima-jinja Shrine in 1168 by Kagehiro Saeki, since then This Shinto shrine with the long history become the simple and elegant building having the long corridor which projected into the sea like the present.While is destroyed by natural disaster such as many typhoons or thunder, is restored each time and a magnificent appearance is shown today.

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The population of the island is about 1800 people, compared with more than 3 million worshippers and tourists in a year visit island from the inside and outside the country. However, it is quiet after the sunset.

　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　

Hokoku Jinja

Gojyu no to (Five-Storied Pagoda)

Five-Storied Pagoda appointed for national important cultural properties. About 28 meters in height. It was built in 1407, and is colored the inside of Five-Storied Pagoda.