Amaterasu presides over Ise Jingū, the holiest Shinto shrine and her earthly seat, where the sacred mirror Yata no Kagami resides as her shintai in the Naikū.
Yamato-hime founded Ise Jingū to enshrine the Yata no Kagami, the sacred mirror that embodies Amaterasu. The sun goddess herself declared Ise the land where she wished to dwell (Nihon Shoki).
Before his eastern campaign, Yamato Takeru visited Yamato-hime at Ise Jingū, where she gave him Kusanagi no Tsurugi and fire-striking tools for protection (Kojiki).
Ise Jingū comprises two main sanctuaries: the Naikū enshrining Amaterasu and the Gekū enshrining Toyouke, whom Amaterasu summoned to Ise to prepare her sacred food offerings.
The Yata no Kagami enshrined at Ise Jingū was the mirror used before Ama-no-Iwato to lure Amaterasu from hiding. The cave myth is the origin story of Ise's most sacred object.
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