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Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha
The head shrine of all Sengen shrines in Japan. Everything above the eighth station of Mount Fuji is held to be the grounds of this shrine. The idea that the mountain itself is the deity reaches as far as the form of land ownership.
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Kunozan Toshogu
Where Ieyasu was first buried. The halls are National Treasures, built in 1617, 19 years earlier than the present halls of Nikko Toshogu. The main approach runs to 1,159 stone steps.
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Mishima Taisha
The shrine where Minamoto no Yoritomo prayed before raising his army. The fragrant olive in its grounds is said to be 1,200 years old and is a Natural Monument.
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Shizuoka Sengen Jinja
A collective name for three shrines. Held to be where Ieyasu came of age, its lacquered halls have earned it the name Nikko of the Tokai.
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Akihasan Hongu Akiha Jinja
The head shrine of the deity of fire prevention. Because Edo burned so often, the faith spread nationwide, and it is the origin of place names such as Akihabara and Akiba-cho across the country.
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Fujisan Okumiya
Everything above the eighth station of Mount Fuji is held to be the grounds of this shrine.
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Shiraito no Taki
Groundwater from Fuji falls from the rock face like threads. It served as a place of ascetic practice for the Fuji-ko.
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Miho no Matsubara
The site of the feather robe legend. A component of the Fujisan World Heritage site, with Fuji seen across Suruga Bay.
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Akiha Josha
A golden torii stands here. As the head shrine of fire prevention, its faith spread across the country.
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Hamamatsu Hachimangu
Here stands the Kumotachi camphor, in which Ieyasu is said to have hidden after his defeat by the Takeda at Mikatagahara.
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Kotonomama Hachimangu
Wishes here are said to come true just as they are spoken. It appears in The Pillow Book.
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Kinomiya Jinja
A great camphor said to be over 2,000 years old. Walk once around it, they say, and you gain a year of life.
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Izusan Jinja
Held to be where Yoritomo and Masako were joined. A place of prayer for the revival of the Minamoto.
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Yaizu Jinja
The site of the Kusanagi legend of Yamato Takeru. Known for its Arai festival.
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