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why do they rebuild it....is it a state secret? ;)

 

Idea is to keep Amaterasu's house always new, and never having to suffer the ravages of decay.

 

They have been rebuilding it every twenty years for 1300 years now. Interestingly, the new shrine is built in a lot next to the current one, with the current lot being left empty after the move until it is used for the next rebuild 20 years later. So it bounces between two adjacent sites over the years.

 

20 years is short enough that the knowledge of how to build in that style is not lost over the generations. So the shape of the shrine has been more-or-less preserved over the years.

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