NaraCulture & HistoryNara
Nyoirinji Temple
A temple said to date from about 901 to 923, a prayer temple of Emperor Go-Daigo and connected with Masatsura Kusunoki.
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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 19 of 29
NaraCulture & History
NaraCulture & HistoryNara
Niu Kawakami Shrine Kamisha
A shrine in Kawakami, said to date from 675, honouring Takaokami-no-okami.
Nara
Sakuramotobo Temple
A temple on Mount Yoshino, said to have been founded by Emperor Tenmu, now a training hall for mountain ascetics.
WakayamaCulture & History
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Saki-no-Yu
An open-air bath at Shirahama, a rock tub facing the sea, said to date from the age of the Man'yoshu.
Wakayama
Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District
A townscape in Yuasa, the only preservation district of traditional buildings in the prefecture, and a soy-sauce brewing town.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Inamura-no-Hi Museum
A centre in Hirogawa on Goryo Hamaguchi, who saved the villagers in the Ansei earthquake by setting fire to rice sheaves.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Kokokuji Temple
A temple in Yura, built in 1227 for the repose of Minamoto no Sanetomo.
Wakayama
Negoro-ji Temple
Head temple of Shingi Shingon in Iwade, about 900 years old, with a great pagoda that is a national treasure.
Wakayama
Nachi-san Seiganto-ji Temple
A temple on Mount Nachi, the first stop of the Saigoku 33 pilgrimage, with Nachi Falls seen past its three-storey pagoda.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Kumano Kodo Daimon-zaka
About 500 metres of stone-paved slope on the Kumano Kodo toward Nachi Taisha, lined with cedars.
WakayamaCulture & History
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Michino-eki Ryujin Gomadanzan Sky Tower
A roadside station midway along the Koya-Ryujin Skyline, with a 33-metre viewing tower.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Wakaura Tenmangu Shrine
A shrine in Wakayama City honouring Sugawara no Michizane, counted among Japan's three great Tenjin shrines.
TottoriCulture & HistoryChizu
Chizu-juku
A post town in Chizu, keeping the streets of what was the largest such town in the prefecture in the Edo period.
TottoriCulture & HistoryWakasa
Fudo-in Iwayado
A temple hall in Wakasa, built on a stage inside a natural rock cave; an important cultural property.
TottoriCulture & HistoryKurayoshi
Kurayoshi Shirakabe Dozogun
A townscape in Kurayoshi, with Edo and Meiji merchant houses and storehouses along a stream.
TottoriCulture & HistoryKotoura
Hanamigata Cemetery
A graveyard in Kotoura, some 20,000 stones standing along 350 metres of shore.
Misasa
Koitani Bridge "Enmusubi Kajika Frog"
A bridge at Misasa Onsen, with a statue of the kajika frog of matchmaking.