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Warei Jinja
One of the largest torii in Shikoku. At the Warei festival the portable shrine is run down and thrown into the river.
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Hashirikomi
The portable shrine leaps into the river. One of the great summer festivals of Shikoku.
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Butsumokuji
As a buddha who guards cattle and horses, it draws people who come to hold memorials for their animals.
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Uwajima Bullfight
Bull is set against bull. It is said to have been a gift in thanks for rescuing a Dutch ship.
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Uwajima Castle
Its outer wall is an irregular pentagon, said to be built so besiegers would misread it as a square.
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Ushioni of Uwajima
A six-metre papier-mache beast with an ox's body and a demon's head, its neck stretched to poke into the eaves.
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Date Family of Uwajima
Ruled by a branch of the Sendai Date house; its armour and furnishings share motifs with the main family's.
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Pilgrimage Temples of Nanyo
The southern temples lie deep in the hills, where the paved pilgrim road and its distance markers survive longest.