Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha
Shinto shrine in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha is a Sengen shrine[1]. It draws 2,719 Wikipedia views per month (sengen shrine category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fujinomiya[3], Suruga Province[4], Fuji district[5]
- Country: Japan[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Kanda River[7]
- Instance of: taisha[8], Shikinaisha[9], Shinto shrine[10], Kokuhei-sha[11]
- Founder: Sakanoue no Tamuramaro[12]
- Architectural style: Sengen-zukuri[13], East Asian hip-and-gable roof[14]
- Postal code: 418-0067[15]
- Part of: Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration[16], List of Shikinaisha in Suruga Province[17]
- Commons category: Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha[18]
- Has part(s): Wakutamaike[19], Kusushi Shrine[20]
- Inception: 806[21]
- Mother house: Autocthonous shrine[22]
- Location of formation: Yamamiya Sengen Shrine[23]
- Dedicated to: Konohanasakuyahime[24], Mount Fuji[25]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: November 3[26]
- Official website: http://www.fuji-hongu.or.jp/sengen/[27], http://www.fuji-hongu.or.jp/sengen/english/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha[29]
- Time of earliest written record: 853[30]
- Phone number: +81-544-27-2002[31]
- Described by source: Kokugakuin University Shrine database (old)[32]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[33], National Treasure of Japan[34]
- Official name: 浅間神社[35]
- Legal form: religious corporation[36]
- Official blog URL: https://www.gurutto-fujinomiya.com/travel/fuji-hongu/[37]
- Native label: 富士山本宮浅間大社[38]
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Physical Characteristics
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha covers an area of 4.8 ha[39].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha include Fujinomiya[40], a city of Japan[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1942[43].
Why It Matters
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for it include Fujinomiya[40], a city of Japan[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1942[43].