Shirayama Hime Shrine

Shirayama Hime Shrine 白山比咩神社
The Honden
Information
Dedicated to	Shirayama Hime=Kukurihime no Kami Izanagi Izanami
Address	105-1,Ni,Sanmiya-cho, Hakusan Ishikawa Prefecture 920-2114
Website	www.shirayama.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Shirayama Hime Shrine (白山比咩神社, Shirayama Hime Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Though read differently, "Shirayama" and "Hakusan" use the same characters (白山) in Japanese.

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Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

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	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

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	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Coordinates: 36°26′5.5″N 136°38′10.1″E / 36.434861°N 136.636139°E / 36.434861; 136.636139

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