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, or Suwa Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Over 1200 years old, it is one of the oldest shrines in existence, and is mentioned in the Kojiki, an 8th-century text. It consists of four building complexes, the , the , the , and the .〔 ==History== Like others among Japan's oldest shrines, Suwa Taisha does not have a ''honden'', the building that normally enshrines a shrine's ''kami''. This is because its objects of worship (''shintai'') are the mountain the shrine stands on (at the Kamisha) and a (at the Shimosha).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=1080 )〕 Suwa shrine was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (''ichinomiya'') for the former Shinano province. 〔("Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 2. ); retrieved 2011-08-010〕 From 1871 through 1946, Suwa was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the highest range of ranked, nationally significant shrines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suwa taisha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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