Culture & History in Tottori20 entries
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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.INSTAGRAM / 6
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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.
Kurayoshi
Fukutomi Shrine
A shrine in Kurayoshi, one of the eight shrines of the good-fortune circuit.
Kurayoshi
Kamo Shrine
A shrine in Kurayoshi, once the town's tutelary shrine, busy at the New Year.
TottoriCulture & HistoryYurihama
Shitori Shrine (Hoki Ichinomiya)
The first shrine of Hoki province, in Yurihama. Known as a god of safe birth, it has a birthing stone.
Hino
Kanemochi Shrine
A shrine in Hino, which draws worshippers from across Japan praying for fortune.
TottoriCulture & HistoryDaisen
Daisen-ji Temple Main Hall
A temple partway up Mount Daisen, with pilgrim lodgings scattered around it.
TottoriCulture & HistoryNanbu
Aka-iwa Shrine
A shrine in Nanbu, tied to the myth in which Okuninushi was brought back to life.
Nichinan
Rakuraku-fuku Shrine
A former prefectural shrine in Nichinan Town. With Emperor Korei as its principal deity, it was revered in old times as the ancestral deity of iron making. It is one of the Eight Shrines of Good Fortune.
TottoriCulture & HistoryNichinan
Fukunari Shrine
A shrine in Nichinan Town. From the shrine building, Mount Okura is seen straight ahead. Kojin kagura is said to have been handed down from here.
TottoriCulture & HistoryDaisen
Nawa Shrine
A shrine in Daisen with halls among the largest in the prefecture, known for cherry and azalea.
Daisen
Juun-ji Temple
A temple in Daisen, known for its wisteria and so called the wisteria temple.
Nichinan
Fukusakae Shrine
A shrine in Nichinan Town. It stands in a land of tatara ironworks that produced Inga steel. The Fukusakae Kashira-uchi of the autumn festival is a prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property.