Talk:Ise Shrine

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[edit] Japanese name

What on earth is the rationale behind this renaming? The Japanese name is "Ise-jingu", no dai in sight, and on Google "Ise Shrine" whups "Grand Shrine of Ise" by a margin of 780 to 54,000. Reverting. Jpatokal 02:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

The official name of Ise Shrine is only "Jingu". Jingu has some common names as "Ise-no-Jingu" (伊勢の神宮), "Dai-Jingu" (大神宮), "Ise jingu" (伊勢神宮) and so on. "Ise-no-Jingu" means "Shrine of Ise",and "Dai" means grand. N yotarou 17:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of this article

For such an important shrine, there is surprisingly little information here, so I've been trying to expand it with a bit of the history of the shrine and its structure. If anyone wants to help out, especially with layout issues, it would be much appreciated. The original overview has been left untouched, so there may be a doubling-up of some info. I also hope to go down to the shrine in the next week or 2 and take some photos. I'll be there for New Year's eve and get some good photos from that to expand the article even more. Ka-ru 07:13, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Good luck -- you'll need it. The Ise Shrine is rather frustrating photographic subject, because it's not possible to get within viewing distance of the main buildings...! Jpatokal 10:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)