注連縄Shimenawa (sacred rope)
A twisted straw rope that marks the boundary between sacred and everyday space. It can hang at a shrine, around a sacred tree or rock, or above a hall.
How to recognise it
- Thick twisted straw rope
- White zigzag paper streamers (shide) hanging from it
Good to know
- The great shimenawa of the Kaguraden at Izumo Taisha is 13.6 m long and weighs 5.2 tonnes.
Where to see it
Fushimi Inari TaishaKasuga TaishaTakachiho Shrine: Meoto-sugiTakachiho Shrine: Chichibu CedarHōjōike Pond and Shrine to BenzaitenShirayama-Hime ShrineHachiman ShrineOrihata-jinja ShrineWelcome to Rausu-jinja ShrineKeishinin Temple
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