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Sasamuta-jinja (西寒多神社)
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Shaden at Sasamuta-jinja
Religion
Affiliation Shinto
Location
Location Ōita, Ōita on the island of Kyushu
Sasamuta-jinja is located in Japan
Sasamuta-jinja
Location in Japan
Icon of Shinto.svg Glossary of Shinto
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Man'nenbashi Bridge at Sasamuta Shrine

Sasamuta-jinja (西寒多神社) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Ōita, Ōita on the island of Kyushu.

History

Sasamuta was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Bungo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Oita Prefecture. This place is special to the kami named Amaterasu oomikami (天照皇大御神)

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