A place of worship of the Shinto religion.

Commonly associated visual elements include:

• torii - the gate
• shide - paper streamer cut in a zig-zagging fashion
• shimenawa - straw rope
• stone lantern
• donation box
• temizuya - water ablution pavilion
• ema - wooden boards on which people write prayers or wishes
• omikuji - random fortunes written on strips of paper
• miko - shrine maidens

For tagging purposes:

• Includes small roadside shrines, e.g.: post #530511, post #502261.
• Do not use this tag when there are only torii but no shrine buildings, or other evidence to indicate being nearby. Reason: torii may be situated a significant distance from the main premises of a shrine, and can also be found in places other than shrines.
• When unsure of the religion, tag temple instead.
• When unsure if it is a place of worship at all, consider using other tags such as east asian architecture to describe the structure and other elements.

See also

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_shrine