roofing, Kamakura period The haiden at the Izumo Takeo secondary shrine The Nanatsusaya-no-Tachi Important Cultural Properties The rōmon, or main gate Two iron shields from the Kofun period Several pieces of breastplate armor Several unearthed artifacts (magatama, necklaces, ring-pommel sabers) Others Ornate red ō-yoroi Black lacquered kabuto, various helms Kokitsunemaru, an ōdachi forged by Sanjō Munechika Annual celebrations Japanese New Year (January 1) Genji-sai (January 3) Furufudatakiage-sai (January 15) Tama-no-o-sai (Night before Setsubun) Setsubun Kinen-sai (February 19) Kentōkōkōsha-ōmatsuri (First Sunday of each month) Shunki-ōmatsuri (April 15) Chōjukōsha-shunki-ōmatsuri (May 3) Denden Festival (June 30) Ōharae-shiki (June 30 and December 31) Sūkei-kai-ōmatsuri (First Sunday of each month) Boujisarae-shinji (October 1) Furumatsuri (October 15) Chōjukōsha-shūki-ōmatsuri (November 3) Chinkon-sai (November 22) Niiname-no-matsuri (November 23) Ohitaki-sai (December 8) The Emperor's Birthday (December 23) Hokura-matsuri (December 31) New Year's Eve (December 31) Tsukinami-no-matsuri (Every 1st and 15th day of the month) See also Seven-Branched Sword Kusanagi no tsurugi List of Jingū List of Shinto shrines Twenty-Two Shrines List of National Treasures of Japan (temples) List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines Notes References Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Brown, Delmer M. et al. (1993). Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1. New York: Cambridge University Press. . Kidder, Jonathan Edward (2007). Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai: archaeology, history, and mythology. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. . Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449 . (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887 . (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial Society. Kanpei-taisha Jingū Tenri, Nara Shinto shrines in Nara Prefecture National Treasures of Japan Important Cultural Properties of Japan Beppyo shrines