Ōmiwa Shrine

Architecture 
The Ōmiwa Shrine is in a peaceful forest and is built facing Mount Miwa. There is a very old Japanese cedar tree on the shrine grounds that people believe is holy. The shrine has Mount Miwa as its Shintai, which means that it worships the mountain as a deity, and it does not have a honden. It uses the mountain as a Kannabi
The buildings in the shrine are decorated with Borromean rings. These rings represent the three rings, which is significant because the word "Miwa" is written using the kanji for   and .

The buildings at Ōmiwa Shrine include structures that were built from ancient times up to the Edo period, which lasted from 1603 to 1868.

 Related pages 
 Isagawa Shrine
 List of minor planets: 24001–25000
 List of Shinto shrines
 Twenty-Two Shrines

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official Site 
 Official Site 

Category:Twenty-Two Shrines
Category:Myōjin Taisha
Category:Kanpei Taisha
Category:Beppyo shrines
Category:Nara Prefecture
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