Kaminoyama
Kattamine Okumiya
It stands beside the crater lake, and is shut in by snow through the winter.
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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 8 of 61
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Tsukioka Jinja
It stands on the site of Kaminoyama Castle, and is known for its scarecrow festival.
Nagai
Somiya Jinja
Said to have been founded by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. Great cedars line the approach.
FukushimaShrines & TemplesAizumisato
Isasumi Jinja
The shrine that carries the origin of the place name Aizu. It has long been held to be the tutelary shrine of the whole region.
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FukushimaShrines & TemplesShirakawa
Nanko Shrine
It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu, lord of the Shirakawa domain. It adjoins Nanko Park, held to be the oldest public park in Japan, which Sadanobu opened to people of every rank.
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FukushimaShrines & TemplesIwaki
Shiramizu Amidado
The only National Treasure building in Fukushima. Ringed by the pond of a Pure Land garden, it shows that the cultural sphere of Hiraizumi reached as far as the coast.
FukushimaShrines & TemplesAizuwakamatsu
Iimoriyama
Where the Byakkotai took their own lives. The Sazaedo stands on this hill.
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FukushimaShrines & TemplesKoriyama
Kaiseizan Daijingu
Called the Ise of the north. It was built alongside the reclamation of the Asaka plain.
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Yumoto Onsen Jinja
The shrine that records the first welling up of Iwaki Yumoto, sometimes counted among the three oldest springs of Japan.
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Soma Nakamura Jinja
The shrine from which the Soma Nomaoi sets out. The festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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Soma Odaka Jinja
On the final day of the Nomaoi, the Nomagake rite is held here, in which bare horses are caught by hand and offered.
FukushimaShrines & TemplesInawashiro
Hanitsu Jinja
It enshrines Hoshina Masayuki, founder of the Aizu domain, and was called the Toshogu of Aizu.
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Nakano Fudoson
It claims to be one of the three great Fudo halls of Japan, with the Fudo enshrined inside a cave.
FukushimaShrines & TemplesShirakawa
Kashima Jinja (Shirakawa)
Its deity was invited from Kashima in Hitachi. A shrine guarding the frontier of the north.