伊勢参宮

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine

伊勢

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)

伊勢丹

いせたん

Isetan (department store)

伊勢講

いせこう

fraternal religious group formed by Ise Shrine worshippers

伊勢鯉

いせごい イセゴイ

striped mullet (Mugil cephalus)

伊勢神宮

いせじんぐう

Ise Grand Shrine

伊勢大廟

いせたいびょう いせおおびょう

the Grand Shrines of Ise

伊勢海老

いせえび いせエビ イセエビ

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

伊勢防風

いせぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

伊勢乞食

いせこじき

beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise)

伊勢神道

いせしんとう

Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

伊勢物語

Tales of Ise

伊勢大神宮

いせだいじんぐう いせおおじんぐう

the Grand Shrines of Ise

伊勢花菖蒲

いせはなしょうぶ

Iris ensata, Ise Japanese iris

伊勢化学工業

いせかがくこうぎょう

Ise Chemicals Corporation

東武伊勢崎線

とうぶいせさきせん

Tobu Isesaki Line

京男に伊勢女

きょうおとこにいせおんな

the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise

参り

まいり

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

裸参り

はだかまいり

visiting a shrine naked in winter