Kogakkan University, Private Shinto university in Ise, Japan.
Kogakkan University is a private Shinto university in Ise, Mie Prefecture, featuring classrooms, research buildings, and a library holding over three hundred thousand volumes. The campus sits close to Ise Jingu shrine and focuses on educating students in religious studies and humanities.
The institution began in 1882 during the Meiji period as a training center for Shinto scholars and priests. It gained full university status in 1940 and has since prepared generations of students interested in studying or practicing the Shinto faith.
The university maintains one of only two Shinto studies programs in Japan, preparing students to become certified Kannushi through traditional religious education.
The campus is accessible during daytime hours, though visitors should respect that it is an active academic institution. The library and certain areas are usually reserved for enrolled students or researchers.
The collection includes writings by Motoori Norinaga, an eighteenth-century scholar who examined ancient Japanese texts. The institution runs one of only two complete Shinto studies programs in the country.
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