Itsukushima
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thumb|This torii at the [[Itsukushima Shrine welcomes visitors to the island.]] thumb|Overview of Miyajima/Itsukushima island in the Inland Sea from the east direction, Japan thumb|View of Ferry, Mount Misen and torii of Itsukushima Shrine from on the sea. is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as , which in Japanese means "Shrine Island". The island is one of Hayashi Gahō's Three Views of Japan specified in 1643. Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture. The island was part of
Key facts
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- Itsukushima
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- Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan
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- Seto Inland Sea
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- 30.39
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Three Views of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Miyajima
- Population
- 535
- Area
- 30.33
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Highest point
- Mount Misen
- Official website
- www.miyajima.or.jp/english
- Image
- Miyajima Island.jpg
- Significant event
- Battle of Miyajima
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- Commons category
- Miyajima
- located in/on physical feature
- Aki Sea
- located in protected area
- Setonaikai National Park
- topic's main category
- Category:Itsukushima
- native label
- 宮島
- foods traditionally associated
- momiji manjū
- ground level 360 degree view URL
- miyajima.tours
- taxon found at location
- Orthetrum poecilops
- coextensive with
- Miyajima
- twinned administrative body
- Le Mont Saint-Michel
- heritage designation
- Ramsar site
- street address
- 日本（広島県廿日市市）[1][2]
- number of viewers/listeners
- 2084835
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Location and geography
- Shrines and temples
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Daiganji Temple
- Daishō-in Temple
- Senjokaku (Toyokuni Shrine)
- Five-storied Pagoda (Gojunoto)
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|This torii at the [[Itsukushima Shrine welcomes visitors to the island.]] thumb|Overview of Miyajima/Itsukushima island in the Inland Sea from the east direction, Japan thumb|View of Ferry, Mount Misen and torii of Itsukushima Shrine from on the sea. is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as , which in Japanese means "Shrine Island". The island is one of Hayashi Gahō's Three Views of Japan specified in 1643. Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture. The island was part of the former town of Miyajima before the 2005 merger with Hatsukaichi.
Itsukushima is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The shrine was considered a sacred site for a long time, it is possible that locals built a simple shrine on the site before the complex was built in 593 AD. In 1168 AD, Taira no Kiyomori, a warrior-courtier, greatly contributed to giving the shrine its current form. In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a famed Japanese warlord, built a large building, the Senjō-kaku, on a hill above the shrine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Itsukushima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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