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    3. 内宮

    内宮

    内ない宮くう

    Inner Ise Shrine

    KMT9News #34+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ないくうないぐう

    Noun

    1.
    Inner Ise Shrine

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    伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうには内ない宮くうと外げ宮くうがあります。

    Ise Grand Shrine has an Inner Shrine (Naiku) and an Outer Shrine (Geku).

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    多おおくの参さん拝ぱい者しゃが、まず内ない宮くうを訪おとずれてから外げ宮くうへ向むかいます。

    Many worshippers first visit the Inner Shrine before heading to the Outer Shrine.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyTravel & Transportation
    伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうの内ない宮くうは、日に本ほんで最もっとも神じん聖せいな場ば所しょの一ひとつとされています。

    The Inner Shrine of Ise Grand Shrine is considered one of the most sacred places in Japan.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    内ない宮くうの周まわりには、おはらい町まちなど歴れき史しある街まち並なみが広ひろがっています。

    Around the Inner Shrine, historic townscapes like Oharai-machi spread out.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    内ない宮くうには天あま照てらす大おお御み神かみが祀まつられており、皇こう室しつの祖そ神しんとして崇すう敬けいされています。

    Amaterasu Omikami is enshrined in the Inner Shrine and revered as the ancestral deity of the Imperial Family.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    内
    うち…(6)
    inside・within・between・among・house…(1)
    宮
    みや…(6)
    Shinto shrine・constellations・palace・princess
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