miniature Shinto shrine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hokora or hokura (祠 or 神庫) is a small Shinto shrine. Sometimes they are built near larger shrines. Other times they are built near streets.[1] Sometimes they are built to host minor kami who protect travelers.[1]
The term hokora is an old word for Shinto shrine, it came from hokura (神庫), literally meaning "kami repository". This means the first shrines may have been huts to house yorishiro. [note 1][2]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.