[Aichi] Nagoya Atsuta Jingu Half-Day Private Cultural Tour

One of the three most important shrines in Japan, and the sword at the centre of it. Atsuta Jingu enshrines the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three Imperial Regalia, which is why the grounds have been a place of pilgrimage for roughly 1,900 years - and why the shrine's treasure hall holds one of the largest collections of Japanese blades in the country. Your guide walks you through the thousand-year-old camphor trees and explains how swords were made, blessed and inherited, then takes you to a nearby craft workshop where the forging tradition continues.