Hiroshima
Imatakano-san (Ryuge-ji / Niu Shrine)
A sacred site in Sera, said to have been founded by Kukai about 1,200 years ago.
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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 22 of 29
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Kagura Monzen Toji Mura
A complex in Akitakata with lodging and a hot spring, staging kagura all year.
Hiroshima
Kagura Monzen Toji Village Natural Radon Onsen Iwatoya
An inn in Akitakata at the Kagura Monzen cure village, with radon-bearing hot-spring water.
Hiroshima
Sannose Ohonjin Geijutsu Bunka-kan
A museum on Shimokamagarijima in Kure, with a permanent display of the painter Kunitaro Suda.
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Rantokaku Museum of Art Annex
A museum on Shimokamagarijima in Kure, with a permanent display of the painter Manjiro Terauchi.
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Rantokaku Museum of Art
A wooden art museum on Shimokamagarijima in Kure, holding modern Japanese painting.
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force First Service School
A Maritime Self-Defense Force school in Etajima, on the site of the former Naval Academy, with tours of the grounds.
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Tsujimura Suzaburo Ningyo-kan
A doll museum in Miyoshi, showing the work of a doll maker who grew up in the town.
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Jimmy Carter Civic Center
A centre in Miyoshi, built after a former US president visited the town in 1990.
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Miyoshi Fudoki-no-Oka Museum
A museum in Miyoshi, opened in 1979, showing finds from sites across the prefecture.
HiroshimaCulture & HistoryHiroshima
Forest Kinta Roadside Station
A roadside station at Kimita in Miyoshi, with a hot spring and lodging.
Tokushima
The Ginkgo at Chomeiji Temple
A great ginkgo at a temple in the east of the prefecture.
TokushimaCulture & HistoryTokushima
The Chomeisugi at Gokurakuji Temple
A great cedar at Gokurakuji in Naruto, called the long-life cedar.
Tokushima
Sei Shonagon Grave Amazukado
A hall in the east of the prefecture, said to hold the grave of Sei Shonagon.
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The Noborifuji at Jinkoji Temple
Wisteria at a temple in the east of the prefecture, hanging in racemes in spring.
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Peonies at Mitsugonji Temple
Peonies in flower at a temple in the west of the prefecture.
TokushimaCulture & HistoryTokushima
Tsunomine Shrine
A shrine in Anan on the summit of Mount Tsunomine, reached by lift.
Kagawa
Mizushi Shrine
A shrine in Higashikagawa, whose grounds are a prefectural nature conservation area.
Kagawa
Shirotori Shrine Kyudo Hall
An archery ground at Shirotori Shrine in Higashikagawa, where you can try the bow.
Kagawa
Zentsuji Municipal Pool
A municipal pool in Zentsuji, open in summer, with a slide and a wave pool.
Kagawa
Sohonzan Zentsuji Temple
A temple in Zentsuji, held to be Kukai's birthplace, the 75th stop of the Shikoku pilgrimage.