Tsushima jinja

The head shrine of approximately 3,000 Tsushima Shrines and Tenno Shrines across Japan.
The Tenno Festival in July is designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property by the national government.
During the Sengoku period, it was highly revered by Oda Nobunaga, and the Oda family crest and the crest of Tsushima Shrine are both the same mokuemon (wood sorrel crest).
A large red torii gate stands on the south side of the shrine, and a path leading to the south gate has a parking lot on its side.

The south gate is a four-legged gate with its pillars and beams painted red and a cypress bark roof.
It was built by Fukushima Masanori in 1598 at the request of Toyotomi Hideyori.
The path from the torii gate straight to the worship hall and main hall is covered with pebbles beyond this gate.

On the east side stands the romon gate, built in 1591.
Like the other shrine buildings, it is colored and has a cypress bark roof with a hip-and-gable structure.
The eaves are very deep, giving it a stable appearance.

The distinctive Owari-style shrine layout places a banpei in front of the shrine, followed by the worship hall, corridors, the festival text hall, the tsuri hall, and the main hall, all aligned north-south.
The worship hall, built in 1649, has a gabled roof with the main entrance on the gable end.
The front gable end features a rainbow beam resting on the pillars, with a pillar rising above it, supporting a diagonal brace structure.

The large main hall, measuring 3 spans by 2 spans with a 1-span eave, is surrounded by a veranda with railings and has a five-step wooden staircase at the front.
The entire structure is adorned with vivid carvings on the frog leg beams, eave pillars, and hand clasps, all painted red.