Suwa Taisha

Suwa Taisha is a Shinto shrine in Nagano Prefecture.[1] It is the ichinomiya or highest ranked shrine of the former Shinano Province and is very old.[1]

Suwa Grand Shrine 諏訪大社 (Suwa-taisha)
Part of the lower shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Takeminakata Yasakatome Kotoshironushi
Festival	Onbashira Festival Ontōsai (April 15th) Ofune Matsuri (August 1st) Misayama Festival (August 27th)
Location
Location	Chino City, Nagano (Kamisha Maemiya) Suwa City, Nagano (Kamisha Honmiya) Shimosuwa, Nagano (Shimosha)
Shown within Nagano Prefecture
Geographic coordinates	35°59′53″N 138°07′10″E (Kamisha Honmiya) 35°59′28.1″N 138°08′00.2″E (Kamisha Maemiya) 36°04′31″N 138°05′28″E (Shimosha Akimiya) 36°04′55″N 138°04′55″E (Shimosha Harumiya)
Architecture
Date established	Unknown (circa 6th century?)
Website
suwataisha.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

References

Aston, William George (1896). " Book XXX". Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Wikisource. pp. 403-404.

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzu or temizu Haiden Heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den setsumatsusha
Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae shinboku shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō
Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-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
Decorations	Sandō Saisen Tomoe Shimenawa

Others

Implements	An Chōzubachi Chōzuya Hakama Himorogi Jōe Kagura suzu O-miki Ō-nusa Gohei Sanbo Shide Shinsen Suzu Tamagushi Washi
Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Inari Okami Inari shrines Usa Hachiman-gū Hachiman Hachiman shrines Ise Grand Shrine Amaterasu Jingūkyō Jingu Taima Shinmei shrines Dazaifu Tenman-gū Tenjin Tenjin shrines Munakata Taisha daughters of Amaterasu Suwa Taisha Takeminakata Yasakatome Kotoshironushi Hiyoshi Taisha Ōkuninushi Oyamakui no Kami Sannō torii Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō Kumano Nachi Taisha Kumano Kodō Kumano Sanzan Tsushima Shrine Gion worship Yasaka Shrine Gion worship
Tutelary deities	Ujigami Chinjugami Garanshin Dōsojin Jinushigami Yama-no-Kami Oyagami Sorei Ubusunagami Kunitama
Yorishiro and Shintai	Mirrors Shinboku (trees) Chinju no Mori (forests) Iwakura (rocks) Meoto Iwa Kannabi (locations) Katashiro (dolls) Kadomatsu Bunrei and Kanjō (propagation) Ofuda Jingu Taima Omamori Senjafuda Hitogami Mikoshi Matsuri float Shinko-shiki
Staff	Kannushi Miko
Miscellaneous	A-un Kanjo Nawa Junrei Misaki Miyamairi Shinshi
Classsification	Twenty-Two Shrines Gokoku Shrines Beppyo Shrines Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Engishiki Jinmyocho Myojin Taisha Kokushi genzaisha Chinjusha Setsumatsusha Hokora Buddhist elements jingū-ji miyadera Whale mounds Kamidana Mitamaya Sōja shrine
History	Shrine Parishioner Registration Secular Shrine Theory Shrine Consolidation Policy Shrine Shinto
Misc practices for visitors	Ō-mikuji Shuin Ema
Institutions	Jinja Honchō
Rites	Futomani Harae Kagura Misogi Hakushu Two bows, two claps, one bow Jichinsai
¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

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