Itsukushima shrine,japan

Itsukushima shrine (厳岛神社, Itsukushima jinja?) Is a Shinto shrine (jinja) located on the island of Itsukushima (Miyajima island), the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Founded more than 1400 years ago, Itsukushima shrine is one of the site's cultural heritage UNESCO World Heritage Site of registered since 1996.

Some buildings are in the environment Itsukushima shrine and property inheritance owned Itsukushima shrine including silk Heike Pusaka Nōkyō registered as a Japanese national. Heike Nōkyō stored Itsukushima shrine is a tribute from the Taira clan in the year 1164.

In the first period, the island is the island of Itsukushima sacred that should not be any person entered, so that construction of the temple building similar pier, which was established in the bay islands Itsukushima.

Torii building the orange light that looks like a float in the middle of the sea is a characteristic of Itsukushima shrine as well as one of the goals of the most popular tourism in Japan. Torii to float on the sea during high tide, but can be reached on foot when the water.

At the time of sea water are receding, the beach around the building Torii is popular place for memunguti shell that can be eaten. At night, building temples and Torii wallow light from the lamp-light beam that is placed around the beach.

Torii scene building with the background of Mount Misen was one of the Three You Landscape in Japan together with the line in the sand beaches of the Gulf of Amanohashidate and Matsushima.

Inside the temple there are also environmental stage debut Noh.meji (Japanese:姫路城, Himeji-jo) is a palace located in the city of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. According to the first division of the province of the age, the palace is located in the Harima-no-kuni, Shikito-gun, Himeji. Pesona beauty of the white stucco walls dominate the palace Himeji Castle has called another "white heron bird palace" (Japanese:白鹭城, Shirasagi-jo). Himeji Palace is one of the examples of architectural heritage palace from the beginning of the 17th century's most important.

Palace Himeji always escape from the danger of fire and war survivors from the fall of the palace in the hands of the enemy, so the main towers and buildings are still many other palace remaining. 8 Japanese government set the building, among others, the main tower, turret, and Watari-yagura which is in the palace complex as a state inheritance. In addition, the manifold building, with a total of 74 buildings in the palace complex (27 buildings Yagura / Watari-yagura, 15 of the gate, the building of the wall 32) set as an important cultural heritage.

Himeji Palace considered as belonging to the world cultural heritage which is very valuable, so that in 1993 UNESCO enter Himeji Castle to the list for World Heritage Site category heritage.

Seen from a distance with a beautiful palace walls white, Himeji Castle is often used as the location of the film with the background history of the era of Japan first. Palace are also often used as the location of the palace to palace-like Edo Castle.