Hokora

link=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/%E7%A5%A0svg.svg/220px-%E7%A5%A0svg.svg.png|thumb|The character for Hokora or Ci shrine
 is a small Shinto shrine. Sometimes they are built near larger shrines. Other times they are built near streets. Sometimes they are built to host minor kami who protect travelers.

The term hokora  is an old word for Shinto shrine, it came from , literally meaning "kami repository". This means the first shrines may have been huts to house yorishiro. Yorishiro are objects Kami are invited to live in such as trees or rocks.

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Category:Shinto shrines
Category:Shinto religious objects