Atsuta Shrine

is a Shinto shrine in Japan.

Priests say it was founded when Emperor Keikō (71-130) ruled Japan. It is in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan.  People call it Atsuta-Sama (Venerable Atsuta) or simply as Miya (the Shrine). 

It is a very important shrine, it is ranked near Grand Shrine of Ise the most important Shinto Shrine.Atsuta-jingū org:  "Introduction." 

The complx is very big . 9 million people visit it every year.Atsuta-jingū org:  "Introduction." 

Some priests of the shrine come from the . Others come from the . The Owari clan founded the shrine, but the Fujiwara clan are the current main priests.

The mythical sword  is kept at this shrine.Ponsonby-Fane, p. 435.

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 Related pages 
 List of Shinto shrines

 Notes 

 References 
 Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii and Shôichirô Yoshida. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ; OCLC 51096469
 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962).  Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 3994492

 Other websites 

 Atsuta-jingū website

Category:Chokusaisha
Category:Myōjin Taisha
Category:Kanpei Taisha
Category:Beppyo shrines
Category:Jingū
Category:San-no-Miya
Category:Shikinaisha in Owari Province