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Moshioyaki Shinji
Every July, salt is drawn from seawater by the ancient method. A rite where faith and the origin of food overlap.
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 5 of 61
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Sendai Toshogu
A Toshogu built by Date Tadamune. The main hall and karamon gate are Important Cultural Properties.
Sendai
Rinnoji (Sendai)
One of the funerary temples of the Date family, known for its three-storey pagoda and its garden.
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Shiogama Monzen
A culture of sake and sushi grew up in the town before the gate of Shiogama Jinja.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesSendai
Akiu Otaki Fudoson
It stands beside Akiu Otaki, one of the three great waterfalls of Japan.
Osaki
Onsen Jinja
The shrine that records the first welling up of the Naruko hot springs. It sits at the centre of kokeshi doll country.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesIwanuma
Kanahebisui Jinja
It enshrines a deity in the form of a snake and draws prayers for wealth. Known for peonies and wisteria.
Zao
Kattamine Jinja
Its inner shrine stands on the summit of Mount Zao. A faith centred on the crater lake.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesIshinomaki
Kashima Mikoji Jinja
Set on Mount Hiyoriyama, looking down on the mouth of the Kitakami river and the sea.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesSendai
Sendai Daikannon
A Kannon figure a hundred metres tall. Worshippers climb up inside it.
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Yokoyama Fudoson
It claims to be one of the three great Fudo halls of Japan. Its population of Japanese dace is a Natural Monument.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesSendai
Atago Jinja (Sendai)
It has the largest seated great tengu figure in Japan and looks out over the city of Sendai.
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Aoba Jinja
It enshrines Date Masamune, and is the shrine from which the Sendai Aoba Festival takes its name.
Iwanuma
Kuryu no Fuji
A wisteria three hundred years old. The shrine enshrines a deity in the form of a snake and draws prayers for wealth.
MiyagiShrines & TemplesIwanuma
Takekoma Jinja
It claims to be one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan, and draws some of the largest new year crowds in northern Japan.
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