The Katori shrine is a eminent Shinto shrine in Japan.
The main shrine and the grand gate are important cultural assets.
The Mirror of a sea lion and Grapes (the national treasure) is exhibited.
The old, huge Japan cedars grow in precincts, you can actually feel the long history.
The god in this shrine has received the reverence of the emperor family as a god of a national maintaining.
About 450,000 worshippers visit on first three days of the New Year.
The plus information
The sights a little way off
- Historic street of Sawara(National landscape conservation area)
- Memorial hall of Inoh Tadataka
- historic house of Inoh Tadataka
- The museum of festival float in Sawara