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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 46 of 61
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Kameyama Hachimangu
It looks down on the Kanmon Strait. A monument here records the origin of eating pufferfish.
Iwakuni
Shirohebi Jinja
The white snakes of Iwakuni are a Natural Monument, held to be messengers of Benzaiten.
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Kikko Jinja
It enshrines the Kikkawa, lords of the Iwakuni domain, at the foot of Kintaikyo.
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Xavier Memorial Church
A town where Xavier was permitted to preach by Ouchi Yoshitaka, and Japan's first permanent church was established. One of the starting points of Japanese Christian history.
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Hanaoka Hachimangu
Its tahoto pagoda is an Important Cultural Property, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
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Yamaguchi Daijingu
Held to be the first shrine to receive a division of the deity of Ise Jingu, and called the Ise of the west.
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Iminomiya Jinja
Said to be the site of the temporary palace of Emperor Chuai. Its Suhoutei festival is called one of the strangest in Japan.
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Kakuonji, Chofu
The funerary temple of the Mori, lords of the Chofu domain. Remains of a copper coin foundry were excavated here.
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Ryozenji
The first temple of the Shikoku 88. The circuit runs about 1,400 kilometres around temples tied to Kukai, and it goes right around the island: Tokushima the road of resolve, Kochi the road of practice, Ehime the road of enlightenment, Kagawa the road of nirvana. Shikoku is divided not by provincial borders but by the stages of practice.
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Oasahiko Jinja
It enshrines the deity of hemp and grain, and a great vermilion torii stands in its grounds. Hemp growing and the rise of indigo overlap with this shrine's sphere of faith.