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.
Culture & History in Shizuoka6 entries
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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
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Ryosenji Temple
A temple in Shimoda where the Shimoda Treaty, an appendix to the 1854 Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity, was negotiated and signed.
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View-O, Numazu Port Observation Floodgate
A floodgate at Numazu port with an observation room 30 metres up, among the largest of its kind in Japan.
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Okuni Shrine
A shrine in Mori town with over 1,450 years of history and a long cedar-lined approach.
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Hamamatsu Castle
A castle in Hamamatsu where Tokugawa Ieyasu spent seventeen years, with rough-stacked stone walls remaining.
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Old Amagi Tunnel
A tunnel in Izu opened in 1905. The longest stone tunnel in Japan, on the road over the Amagi pass.