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Kenkun Shrine

Kenkun Shrine Kenkun Shrine - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

also known as Takeisao Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kyoto, Japan. One of the four shrines that protect Kyoto in the four cardinal directions, it protects Kyoto from the north. Oda Nobunaga, a daimyƍ and key figure in the unification of Japan during the late 16th century, is deified and buried inside. Read more on Wikipedia

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