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is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Sado, Niigata, an island in the Sea of Japan.〔VisitSado.com, ( Watatsu Shrine ); retrieved 2012-11-6.〕 ==History== The shrine was established before the 10th century.〔Sado Travel Guide, ( "Hamochi" ); 佐渡市 観光課 観光振興係 (Sado Tourism Promotion), 佐渡一ノ宮度津神社 (Sado Ichinomiya Shrine); excerpt, 度津神社の由緒は「延喜式」神名帳（927年）に記載されている神社を式内社と言い、当時佐渡の国には九社あり; retrieved 2012-11-6.〕 The enshrined ''kami'' is ,〔Pickens, Stuart D. B. (2004). ( ''Sourcebook in Shinto: Selected Documents,'' p. 372 ).〕 who is said to have taught people shipbuilding and how to use ships.〔Kotodamaya.com, ( "Watatsu Jinja" ); retrieved 2012-11-6.〕 Each year in late-April, horseback archery (''yabusame'') takes place at the branch shrine in the town of Hamochi.〔( "''Yabusame shinji''," ) ''Encyclopedia of Shinto''; retrieved 2012-11-6.〕 Watatsu was the chief Shinto shrine (''ichinomiya'') of the old Sado Province on Sado Island. It serves today as one of the ''ichinomiya'' of Niigata Prefecture. 〔("Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 2 ); retrieved 2012-3-13.〕 In the system of ranked Shinto shrines, Watatsu was listed among the third class of nationally significant shrines or . 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「Watatsu Shrine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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