Religious administrative organization that oversees Shinto shrines in Japan
Association of Shinto Shrines
The headquarters of the association in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Predecessor
Office of Japanese Classics Research, Institute of Divinities, Jingu-kyo, National Association of Shinto Priests
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The Association of Shinto Shrines (神社本庁, Jinja Honchō) is a religious administrative organisation that oversees about 80,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. These shrines take the Ise Grand Shrine as the foundation of their belief. It is the largest Shrine Shinto organization in existence.
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