HokkaidoShrines & TemplesSapporo
Hokkaido Jingu
Founded by decree of Emperor Meiji as guardian of the frontier. Barely 150 years old, yet no shrine in Hokkaido draws more worshippers. It enshrines the three deities of land development.
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HokkaidoShrines & TemplesAsahikawa
Kamikawa Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Asahikawa. It sits on Kaguraoka hill, tied to the history of the tondenhei settler-soldiers.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesSetana
Otasan Jinja
Called the hardest shrine in Japan to reach. Beyond a steep stone stairway, worshippers haul themselves up the rock by chain to the main hall.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesAsahikawa
Hokkaido Gokoku Jinja
Enshrined at Asahikawa as guardian of the northern defences. Linked to the tondenhei settler-soldiers.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesSapporo
Hokkaido Jingu Tongu
A place of distant worship set up in the city centre for those unable to climb to the main shrine on Maruyama in winter.
HokkaidoShrines & TemplesShari
Shari Jinja
Standing at the gateway to Shiretoko. It has long watched over the Okhotsk fisheries.
Toyako
Toyako Hachiman Jinja
The shrine of a land that has lived through eruption after eruption of Mount Usu.
AomoriShrines & TemplesMutsu
Osorezan Bodaiji
Long held to be the mountain where the souls of the dead gather. Sulphur vents and the still water of Lake Usori lie side by side, so that hell and paradise can be taken in at a single glance.
AomoriShrines & TemplesHachinohe
Kushihiki Hachimangu
The tutelary shrine of the Nanbu clan. Medieval armour is preserved here, including the Akaito-odoshi armour, a National Treasure.
AomoriShrines & Temples
AomoriShrines & TemplesAomori
Utou Jinja
Held to be the birthplace of the city of Aomori. This area was once called Utou village.
AomoriShrines & TemplesHirosaki
Hirosaki Hachimangu
The tutelary shrine of the Hirosaki domain. The main hall and the karamon gate are Important Cultural Properties.
AomoriShrines & Temples
AomoriShrines & TemplesHachinohe
Ogami Jinja
Said to be the oldest shrine in Hachinohe and the centre of the Sansha Taisai. The festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
AomoriShrines & TemplesHirosaki
Saishoin Gojunoto
Called the northernmost five-storey pagoda in Japan, and the most beautiful.
Aomori
Hirota Jinja (Aomori)
It claims to be the only shrine in Japan devoted to warding off illness and misfortune.
AomoriShrines & TemplesHirakawa
Saruka Jinja
It drew the faith of the farmers of Tsugaru. A broad lotus pond spreads before it.
IwateShrines & TemplesMorioka
Mitsuishi Jinja
The giant rocks that are its deity are said to be the origin of the name Iwate, "hand of rock". An ogre is said to have pressed his handprint here, swearing never to return.
IwateShrines & TemplesHiraizumi
Takkoku no Iwaya
A hall built into a hollow in the cliff face, propped on a stage-like frame. Said to have been founded by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.