ShizuokaShrines & TemplesIzu
Tokko no Yu
Kukai is said to have struck the rock with his vajra and brought the water up. The beginning of Shuzenji Onsen.
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ShizuokaShrines & TemplesKakegawa
Okusu (Kotonomama)
A great camphor several hundred years old. The Pillow Book records the shrine as the deity who grants wishes as spoken.
ShizuokaShrines & TemplesIwata
Yanahime Jinja
It carries the legend of the divine dog Shippeitaro. Its naked festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
ShizuokaShrines & TemplesOyama
Fuji Sengen Shrine (Fujisan Higashiguchi Hongu), Oyama
The starting point of the Subashiri trail up Mount Fuji.
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AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Atsuta Jingu
It enshrines the Kusanagi sword, one of the three imperial regalia. A great camphor said to be over a thousand years old stands in its grounds, and a deep forest survives in the middle of the city. Nobunaga prayed here for victory before Okehazama, and the Nobunaga wall he dedicated after winning still stands.
AichiShrines & TemplesToyokawa
Toyokawa Inari
It carries the name Inari but is not a shrine: it is a Soto Zen temple. A rare case of a temple that kept enshrining Inari even after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism. Countless fox figures stand at the Reikozuka behind it.
AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Osu Kannon
Its gate town became a shopping arcade as it stood. Also known for the Osu Bunko, a collection of classical texts.
AichiShrines & TemplesTsushima
Tsushima Jinja
The head shrine of all Tsushima and Tenno shrines in Japan. Its faith quiets epidemic disease, and the Owari Tsushima Tenno festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
AichiShrines & TemplesIchinomiya
Masumida Jinja
First shrine of Owari Province. The city name Ichinomiya comes from this shrine being the ichinomiya.
AichiShrines & TemplesInuyama
Inuyama Naritasan
A branch of Naritasan Shinshoji, known for blessings for road safety.
AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Nobunaga-bei
The wall Nobunaga dedicated in thanks for his victory at Okehazama. One of the three great earthen walls of Japan.
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Kusanagi no Tsurugi
One of the three imperial regalia. It is the sacred body of Atsuta Jingu and is never shown.
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AichiShrines & TemplesInuyama
Sanko Inari Jinja
At the foot of Inuyama Castle. Known for heart-shaped votive tablets and coin washing.
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Fukagawa Jinja
Adjoining it is a shrine to Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, the founder of Seto ware.
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AichiShrines & TemplesChiryu
Chiryu Jinja
The tutelary shrine of a Tokaido post town. Its tahoto pagoda is an Important Cultural Property, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Arako Kannon
Its tahoto pagoda is the oldest building in the city of Nagoya. It holds more than a thousand Enku Buddhas.