Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan’s Ancient Religion

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This is not a coffee table book to be casually perused, but more suited to those interested in learning about the Shinto shrines of Japan. It opens with a excellent short introduction to Shrine Shinto and its practices. It only covers 57 of the 80,000 plus shrines, but these are among the most famous and popular. It contains a wealth of information about each shrine's location, history, architecture, spiritual features, and best times to visit.

As a frequent traveler to Japan I found the information in the book useful in my desire to visit many of the shrines mentioned. I highly recommend the book for a good basic understanding of Shinto and the mythology of ancient Japan.

This is a very informative book for anyone visiting and understanding specific shrines in Japan.

This is the best guide book to learn about Japanese Shrines. It's not a ordinary travel guide book! This small book is nicely organized and contains a lot of useful and educational information. If you are interested in Japanese Shrines, this book tells us what it is all about. Highly recommended!

Quite scholar and academic the book is plentyfull of precious and relevant informationsAfter a short historical about shinto, terms and parts of the architecture are detaily explained.Accurate drawings illustrate this part of the subject.An interesting part is made for festivals.A big part of the shrines of the study have been chosen subectivlyThey are all introduced with informations which will be helpful to the tourists.then followed by a historical and their specificsThe book format is regretfully rather small and compact.With such dimensions more than a study it's rather a heavy tourist guide which will noticeably load any bagTo this i regret that the book doesn't offer any complete map featuring all chosen shrinesThe choice of the places is not the one i would have done.More than diging deep into the subject the book turns to be more likely an introduction to different places worth being visited.Of course the richness of the explanations, the translation of all japanese terms have to be praised.Compared to others the book appears a bit emotionless, thankfully from the illustrations emanate the Shinto spirited energy.

Perfect book & really fast posting from a highly regarded seller. Thank you

Ganz klare Empfehlung: Dieses Buch ist ein kompakter Führer zu den wichtigsten Schreinen des Landes mit einer Fülle an Informationen. Geht weit über Reiseführer hinaus, die Schreine meist eher stiefmütterlich behandeln. Dieses Buch taucht tief in die Architektur allgemein und in die Besonderheiten jedes einzelnen Schreines ein und bleibt doch handlich.

Very informative,print a bit small

Per chi vuole capire nel dettaglio la struttura dei templi, le divinità degli stessi, le feste, un libro molto interessante e denso di informazioni. Molto buona e dettagliata la parte introduttiva sullo shintoismo.