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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 20 of 61
ToyamaShrines & TemplesTakaoka
Zuiryuji Sanmon
The gate, Buddha hall and lecture hall are all National Treasures, laid out in strict symmetry.
Nanto
Inami Chokoku
Carving workshops line the approach to Zuisenji. The temple came first; the carving became an industry afterwards.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesTakaoka
Takaoka Sekino Jinja
The shrine of the Takaoka Mikurumayama festival, which is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesOyabe
Hanyu Gokoku Hachimangu
The shrine where Kiso Yoshinaka prayed before the battle of Kurikara.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesTateyama
Oyama Jinja
At the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama, one of the three sacred mountains of Japan.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesToyama
Kurehayama
A hill with the whole Tateyama range in view. It has long marked the divide between east and west of the prefecture.
Toyama
Iwase Suwa Jinja
The tutelary shrine of a port town enriched by the kitamaebune, known for its float festival.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesTateyama
Jigokudani
Sulphurous steam rises from the ground. In Tateyama belief this was taken to be an actual hell.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesHakusan
Shirayamahime Jinja
Hakusan stands with Fuji and Tateyama as one of the three sacred mountains of Japan. What this shrine venerates is water. Snow that falls on Hakusan becomes the Tedori and Kuzuryu rivers and waters the plain. The rice, the sake and the yuzen-nagashi rinsing all depend on it. The inner shrine sits at the 2,702-metre summit.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesHakui
Keta Taisha
The Irazu-no-Mori in its grounds is a Natural Monument, and the public is still forbidden to enter.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesWajima
Sojiji Soin
An old Soto Zen temple. It was once the head temple; after a fire the head moved to Yokohama, and this site remained as the founding temple.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesKanazawa
Oyama Jinja
It enshrines Maeda Toshiie. The gate, set with stained glass, is an unusual design mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western elements.
IshikawaShrines & Temples
IshikawaShrines & TemplesKomatsu
Ataka Sumiyoshi Jinja
It stands on the site of the Ataka barrier, known as the setting of the Kanjincho tale of Yoshitsune and Benkei, and draws prayers for getting through a hard test.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesHakusan
Shirayama Okumiya
At the 2,702-metre summit of Hakusan, one of the three sacred mountains of Japan.