Takachiho Shrine

E581350

Shinto shrine religious building

Takachiho Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, revered for its association with Japanese creation myths and traditional yokagura night kagura dance performances.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Takachiho Shrine canonical	4
高千穂神社	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5860622 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Takachiho Shrine
Context triple: [Takachiho, hasShrine, Takachiho Shrine]

A. Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, renowned for enshrining the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and attracting millions of pilgrims and visitors annually.
B. Naminoue Shrine
Naminoue Shrine is a prominent Shinto shrine in Naha, Okinawa, revered as a guardian of seafarers and known for its dramatic cliffside location overlooking the sea.
C. Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Kobe, Japan, revered as one of the city's oldest religious sites and a symbol of local cultural heritage.
D. Atago Shrine
Atago Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Tokyo known for its steep stone stairway and hilltop location offering views over the city.
E. Kumano Nachi Taisha
Kumano Nachi Taisha is a major Shinto shrine in Japan’s Kumano region, famed for its ancient pilgrimage routes, towering pagoda, and proximity to the dramatic Nachi Waterfall.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Takachiho Shrine
Target entity description: Takachiho Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, revered for its association with Japanese creation myths and traditional yokagura night kagura dance performances.

A. Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, renowned for enshrining the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and attracting millions of pilgrims and visitors annually.
B. Naminoue Shrine
Naminoue Shrine is a prominent Shinto shrine in Naha, Okinawa, revered as a guardian of seafarers and known for its dramatic cliffside location overlooking the sea.
C. Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Kobe, Japan, revered as one of the city's oldest religious sites and a symbol of local cultural heritage.
D. Atago Shrine
Atago Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Tokyo known for its steep stone stairway and hilltop location offering views over the city.
E. Kumano Nachi Taisha
Kumano Nachi Taisha is a major Shinto shrine in Japan’s Kumano region, famed for its ancient pilgrimage routes, towering pagoda, and proximity to the dramatic Nachi Waterfall.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shinto shrine ⓘ religious building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Shinto shrine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Ama-no-Iwato myth ⓘ Japanese creation myths ⓘ Japanese mythology ⓘ Tenson kōrin myth ⓘ linked to: Tenson kōrin descent of the heavenly grandchild ⓘ sun goddess Amaterasu ⓘ linked to: Amaterasu
category	Mythology-related religious sites in Japan ⓘ Shinto shrines in Miyazaki Prefecture ⓘ Tourist attractions in Miyazaki Prefecture ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important site in Japanese mythic landscape ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Shinto deities ⓘ
environment	mountainous area of northern Miyazaki ⓘ
function	guardian shrine for local community ⓘ place of worship ⓘ site for traditional performing arts ⓘ
hasFeature	ancient cedar avenue ⓘ main hall (honden) ⓘ sacred grove ⓘ stone lanterns ⓘ torii gate ⓘ worship hall (haiden) ⓘ
hasJapaneseName	高千穂神社 ⓘ linked to: Takachiho Shrine
heritageStatus	important local cultural property ⓘ
knownFor	historic cedar trees ⓘ kagura performances in autumn and winter ⓘ married cedar trees (Meoto-sugi) ⓘ linked to: Cryptomeria traditional ritual dances ⓘ yokagura night kagura dance performances ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Kyushu ⓘ Miyazaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
material	wood ⓘ
near	Ama-no-Iwato Shrine ⓘ linked to: Amano Iwato Shrine Takachiho Gorge ⓘ
regionImportance	one of the principal shrines of Takachiho area ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
ritual	annual festivals (matsuri) ⓘ nightly kagura performances in peak season ⓘ
tourism	popular pilgrimage destination ⓘ popular tourist attraction in Takachiho ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Takachiho → hasShrine → Takachiho Shrine ⓘ

Ninigi-no-Mikoto → worshippedAt → Takachiho Shrine ⓘ

高千穂町 → knownFor → 高千穂神社 ⓘ

linked to: Takachiho Shrine

Takachiho Kagura → performedAt → Takachiho Shrine ⓘ

Takachiho Gorge → near → Takachiho Shrine ⓘ

Takachiho Shrine → hasJapaneseName → 高千穂神社 ⓘ