Atsuta Shrine
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Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮 Atsuta Jingū?) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya.
It is known as the second-most venerable shrine in Japan (the most venerable being the Grand Shrine of Ise). It enshrines Kusanagi no mitsurugi (草薙神剣, the Kusanagi sacred sword), one of the three imperial regalia of Japan. It holds around 70 festivals in a year, and many people visit the shrine year-round. Also, the shrine has over 4,000 national treasures representing its 2,000 years of history.
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