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Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami''.〔 Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects, and not for worship. Although only one word ("shrine") is used in English, in Japanese Shinto shrines may carry any one of many different, non-equivalent names like ''gongen'', ''-gū'', ''jinja'', ''jingū'', ''mori'', ''myōjin'', ''-sha'', ''taisha'', ''ubusuna'' or ''yashiro''. (For details, see the section Interpreting shrine names.)
Structurally, a Shinto shrine is usually characterized by the presence of a ''honden'' 〔(also called )〕 or sanctuary, where the ''kami'' is enshrined.〔Iwanami Japanese dictionary〕 The ''honden'' may however be completely absent, as for example when the shrine stands on a sacred mountain to which it is dedicated, and which is worshiped directly. The ''honden'' may be missing also when there are nearby altar-like structures called ''himorogi'' or objects believed capable of attracting spirits called ''yorishiro'' that can serve as a direct bond to a ''kami''.〔Mori Mizue〕 There may be a and other structures as well (see below). However, a shrine's most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects rather than for worship.
Miniature shrines (hokora) can occasionally be found on roadsides. Large shrines sometimes have on their precincts miniature shrines ( or ).〔Because the''sessha'' and ''massha'' once had different meanings but are now officially synonyms, these shrines are sometimes called , a neologism that fuses the two old names.〕 The portable shrines (mikoshi) which are carried on poles during festivals (''matsuri'') enshrine ''kami'' and are therefore true shrines.
The number of Shinto shrines in Japan is estimated to be around 100,000.〔Breen, Teeuwen in ''Breen, Teeuwen'' (2000:1)〕
==Birth and evolution of Shinto shrines==
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