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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Learn how shrines and temples differ, then look at the photos
Start with the two explanations. Below them are photos and entries for shrines and temples across Japan.1,460 entries / page 13 of 61
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Kumano Jinja (Usui)
The prefectural border runs straight through the middle of the hall, and Gunma and Nagano each appoint their own priest.
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Hikawa Jinja
Its approach runs about two kilometres, among the longest in Japan. The place name Omiya comes from people calling this the great shrine. It began as a water deity in the wetland once known as Minuma.
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Mitsumine Jinja
It stands on a mountain at 1,100 metres, and in place of guardian lions, wolves sit at the gate.
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Chichibu Jinja
The shrine of the Chichibu Night Festival. In 2016 the festival was included in the UNESCO listing of float festivals.
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Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja
Known for matchmaking, and crowded in summer for its corridor of wind chimes. The Kawagoe festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Washinomiya Jinja
It claims to be the oldest great shrine in eastern Japan. Its kagura is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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Mitsumine Okumiya
At the summit of Myohogatake. Reaching it takes about an hour's climb each way.
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Hodosan Jinja
Its name is said to come from a legend in which a fire was stopped: the mountain where fire halted. A ropeway runs up to the inner shrine.
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Gohyaku Rakan
Five hundred and thirty-eight rakan figures stand in rows, and no two faces are said to be alike.
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Senba Toshogu
It claims to be one of the three great Toshogu, with Nikko and Kunozan.
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Hikawa Nyotai Jinja
The shrine paired with Hikawa Jinja. It preserves the Mifune festival, set on the old Minuma wetland.
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Menuma Shodenzan
The Shotendo hall is a National Treasure. Its brilliantly coloured carving has earned it the name Saitama Nikko.
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Tsuki Jinja
It has no torii, and rabbits sit where guardian lions usually would. The reading tsuki also gave rise to a belief in luck in contests.
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Enmusubi-dama
A charm in which you take home a pebble from the grounds. In summer a corridor of wind chimes is hung.
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Sakitama Jinja
The shrine said to be the origin of the prefecture's name, Saitama. It stands among a group of burial mounds.
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Yamaguchi Kannon
It carries a tradition that Nitta Yoshisada prayed here for victory.
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Hikawa Jinja
The head shrine of some 280 Hikawa shrines nationwide. Its approach runs about two kilometres, among the longest in Japan.
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Hodosan Okumiya
A ropeway runs to the summit, looking down on the rock terraces of Nagatoro.