Seifa-utaki
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Seifa-utaki (斎場御嶽), meaning "purified place of Utaki,"[1] is a Shinto Shrine. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu in Nanjō, Okinawa.[2]
Seifa Utaki on Chinen Peninsula has been recognized as a sacred place since the earliest peiod of Okinawan history. The shrine area itself coomprises a number of caves and overhanging ledges opening to the east and south among towering rock formation sof a high promontory over the sea. All buildings have been destroyed, but the outer and inner precincts can still be traced.[3]
From July 2007, a local shrine began charging a 200 yen admission.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Yamakage, Motohisa et al. (2006). The essence of Shinto, p. 69.
- ^ Wonder Okinawa: World Heritage site inclusion
- ^ Kerr, George H. (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945, p. 10.
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- Kerr, George H. (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. OCLC 5455582
- Yamakage, Motohisa, Paul de Leeuw and Aidan Rankin. (2006). The essence of Shinto. Tokyo: Kodansha International. 10-ISBN ISBN 4-770-03044-4; 13-ISBN 978-4-7700-3044-3
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Coordinates: 26°10′24″N 127°49′36″E / 26.17333°N 127.82667°E
