AomoriShrines & TemplesAomori
Utou Shrine
A shrine held to be the birthplace of Aomori City, carrying the name of Utou village, from which the city takes its own.
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AkitaShrines & TemplesOga
Akagami Shrine Goshado
Five shrine halls in the mountains of Oga, at the top of 999 stone steps said to have been laid by demons in a single night.
YamagataShrines & TemplesYonezawa
Uesugi Shrine
A shrine on the main enceinte of Yonezawa Castle, honouring Uesugi Kenshin.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesOarai
Oarai Isosaki Shrine
A shrine in Oarai. The Kamiiso torii stands on rock facing the sea, and people gather there at sunrise.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesKasama
Kasama Inari Shrine
A shrine counted among Japan's three great Inari. A chrysanthemum festival is held before the gate, and inarizushi shops line the approach.
ChibaShrines & TemplesFunabashi
Funabashi Daijingu (Ohi Shrine)
An old shrine in Funabashi, formally Ohi Shrine, where a lighthouse tower remains in the grounds.
TokyoShrines & TemplesTaito
Sensoji Temple
The oldest temple in Tokyo, said to date from 628. The main hall stands beyond Kaminarimon and the Nakamise shops.
TokyoShrines & TemplesBunkyo
Nezu Shrine
A shrine in Bunkyo. Its halls stand on sloping ground, with rows of red torii along the approach.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesKamakura
Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
A shrine in Kamakura. Money washed in the spring inside the cave is said to increase.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesKamakura
Hasedera Temple
A temple in Kamakura enshrining a 9.18-metre eleven-headed Kannon, with a hydrangea path.
NiigataShrines & TemplesSado
Myosenji Temple
A temple in Sado that began in 1278 when a disciple of Nichiren made his house a temple. A five-storey pagoda stands here.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesKanazawa
Oyama Shrine
Honours Maeda Toshiie and his wife Matsu. Its gate, mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western forms, is an important cultural property.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesHakusan
Shirayama Hime Shrine
Head shrine of some 3,000 Hakusan shrines nationwide, taking Mount Haku itself as its sacred body.
FukuiShrines & TemplesTsuruga
Kehi Jingu Shrine
The first shrine of Echizen, honouring Emperor Chuai and five other deities, with one of Japan's three great wooden torii.
ShizuokaShrines & TemplesShizuoka
Rinzaiji Temple
A temple in Shizuoka City where Tokugawa Ieyasu studied as a boy. As a training monastery it opens only twice a year.
Atami
Kinomiya Shrine
A shrine in Atami with a great camphor in its grounds said to be over 2,000 years old.
MieShrines & TemplesIse
Futami Okitama Shrine
A shrine at Futami in Ise honouring Sarutahiko-no-okami, with the Wedded Rocks straight ahead.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Kifune Shrine
A shrine to the water deity. Rain-making rites were held here, and it is also known for matchmaking.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Yasaka Shrine
Head shrine of the Gion shrines nationwide. Said to date from 656, it holds the Gion Festival.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Daitokuji Temple
Head temple of the Daitokuji branch of Rinzai Zen. Burned in the Onin War, it was restored by Ikkyu Sojun.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Matsunoo Taisha Shrine
A shrine said to date from 701, revered by sake brewers, with casks stacked in its grounds.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Ryoanji Temple
A Zen temple built in 1450 by Katsumoto Hosokawa. The rock garden south of the abbot's hall is a special scenic site.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Sanzenin Temple
A temple at Ohara, beginning as a hermitage of Saicho, enshrining a national-treasure Amida triad.
KyotoShrines & TemplesKyoto
Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
Head shrine of the Inari shrines nationwide, with a thousand torii along the path up Mount Inari.