Aso Shrine
Aso Shrine (阿蘇神社, Aso-jinja) is the Japanese Shinto shrine at Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.[1] The shrine is in the northern part of a caldera of an active volcano.
History[change | change source]
Aso was the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of the old Higo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Kumamoto Prefecture.[2] The enshrined kami are Takeiwatatsu no mikoto (健磐龍命) and others.[1]
From 1871 through 1946, the Aso Shrine was officially listed as one of the first rank of government supported shrines.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Aso Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Aso-jinja at Wikimedia Commons