Hachimantai
Hachimantai
A highland scattered with small shrines to the hot springs and the mountains.
Shrines & Temples1,460 entries
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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 4 of 61
IwateShrines & TemplesOshu
Kokusekiji
It was known for the Somin Festival at the lunar new year, a wild all-night contest between naked men that ended after 2024.
Hiraizumi
Motsuji Ennen
An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. It preserves the form of Heian-period performance.
IwateShrines & TemplesHanamaki
Hayachine Jinja
It worships Mount Hayachine. Hayachine Kagura is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Morioka
Oni no Tegata
The handprint an ogre is said to have left gave the prefecture its name. This is where the name Iwate comes from.
IwateShrines & Temples
IwateShrines & Temples
IwateShrines & TemplesHachimantai
Yakehashiri
A black lava field left by an eruption of Mount Iwate. It was long regarded with dread.
IwateShrines & TemplesTono
Unedorisama
If you can tie the red cloth using only your left hand, your wish for love is said to come true.
IwateShrines & Temples
IwateShrines & TemplesKamaishi
Ozaki Jinja
A shrine that guards the Sanriku fisheries. It was rebuilt after the tsunami.
IwateShrines & TemplesHiraizumi
Nobutai (Chusonji)
The guardian shrine of Chusonji. Its thatched Noh stage is an Important Cultural Property.
Kitakami
Tachibana Bishamondo
It preserves a wooden standing Bishamonten figure designated an Important Cultural Property.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesShiogama
Shiogama Jinja
Its deity is said to have taught people how to make salt. Every July a rite is still held to draw salt from seawater by the ancient method. Salt is the precondition for preserved food, so faith and the origin of the local diet sit in the same place.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesSendai
Osaki Hachimangu
The hall Date Masamune had built is a National Treasure, and is held to be the oldest surviving building in the black-lacquer-and-colour Momoyama style.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesMiyagiShrines & TemplesShiogama
Shiwahiko Jinja
It stands in the same grounds as Shiogama Jinja, its vermilion and black lacquered halls side by side.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesSendai
Mutsu Kokubunji Yakushido
The Yakushido rebuilt by Date Masamune still stands, carrying the line of the provincial temples into northern Japan.
MiyagiShrines & Temples