Atago Jinja愛宕神社

Atago Jinja愛宕神社 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire. Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century. The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property. (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : ) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: None
official website: atagojinjya.jp

Source: en.wikipedia.org