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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.678 entries / page 10 of 29
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Heisenji Hakusan Shrine
Over 1,300 years old. Moss covers its grounds, so it is also called the moss shrine.
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Echizen Ono Castle
A castle built by Nagachika Kanamori, known for appearing to float on a sea of clouds.
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Echizen Great Buddha
At Daishizan Seidaiji. Its principal image follows the seated Buddha of the Longmen Grottoes in China.
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Hataya Memorial Hall Yumeole Katsuyama
Try weaving a coaster by hand or making things from silk cocoons.
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JAM Fukui Katsuyama Mountain Resort
The largest ski slopes in western Japan, on Mount Hoonji.
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Benzaiten Hakuryuo Daigongen
Began when a branch of Heisenji Hakusan Shrine, founded by Taicho in 717, was opened here as well.
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Tamura Family Samurai Residence
The residence of the Tamura family, chief retainers of the Ono domain. A city cultural property.
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Karikomi Pond
A place known for autumn colour, with a legend of a great serpent sealed here. The road is currently closed.
Fukui
Hoon-ji Onsen Sasayuri
The large bath of a hotel in Katsuyama, with mountains seen from the open-air pool.
Fukui
Habutaemochi-no-Furusato Maeda Seika
Founded in 1954. The factory shop for habutae mochi, Fukui's best-known sweet.
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Kanegasaki Castle Ruins
A mountain castle site above Tsuruga Bay, with stories attached from the Genpei wars onward.
YamanashiCulture & HistoryYamanashi
Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
A museum in Hokuto devoted to the work of the artist Keith Haring.
Yamanashi
Stone Torii of Katte Shrine
A stone torii at a shrine in Nirasaki, keeping an old form.
Yamanashi
Kichijoji Temple
A temple in Mitomi, Yamanashi City. It has an Edohigan cherry tree said to have been planted by Shinra Saburo Yoshimitsu, which is a prefectural Natural Monument.
Yamanashi
Terakoya Nature School
A place for nature study in Yamanashi prefecture, running activities for children.
Gifu
Tenku no Yuho-do (Gifu no Machu Picchu)
A hamlet and path in the hills of Ibigawa, with tea fields stepping down the slope.
Gifu
Koga Shinsui-an
A spring at Horado in Seki. Many take its water home as the water of the Koga woods.
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21st Century Forest Park
A forest park at Itadori in Seki, with a study centre and wide woodland.
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Igawa Komichi
A lane beside the channel that runs past the old town hall at Gujo-Hachiman. In summer you see vegetables being cooled in it.
Shizuoka
Hikima Castle Ruins (Hamamatsu Motojocho Toshogu Shrine)
A castle site in Hamamatsu, the base here before Tokugawa Ieyasu came. A Toshogu shrine now stands on it.