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AichiShrines & TemplesIt enshrines the Kusanagi sword, one of the three imperial regalia. A great camphor said to be over a thousand years old stands in its grounds, and a deep forest survives in the middle of the city. Nobunaga prayed here for victory before Okehazama, and the Nobunaga wall he dedicated after winning still stands.
AichiShrines & TemplesIt carries the name Inari but is not a shrine: it is a Soto Zen temple. A rare case of a temple that kept enshrining Inari even after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism. Countless fox figures stand at the Reikozuka behind it.
AichiShrines & TemplesIts gate town became a shopping arcade as it stood. Also known for the Osu Bunko, a collection of classical texts.
AichiShrines & TemplesThe head shrine of all Tsushima and Tenno shrines in Japan. Its faith quiets epidemic disease, and the Owari Tsushima Tenno festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
AichiShrines & TemplesFirst shrine of Owari Province. The city name Ichinomiya comes from this shrine being the ichinomiya.
AichiShrines & TemplesA branch of Naritasan Shinshoji, known for blessings for road safety.
AichiShrines & TemplesThe wall Nobunaga dedicated in thanks for his victory at Okehazama. One of the three great earthen walls of Japan.
AichiShrines & TemplesOne of the three imperial regalia. It is the sacred body of Atsuta Jingu and is never shown.
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AichiShrines & TemplesAt the foot of Inuyama Castle. Known for heart-shaped votive tablets and coin washing.
AichiShrines & TemplesAdjoining it is a shrine to Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, the founder of Seto ware.
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AichiShrines & TemplesThe tutelary shrine of a Tokaido post town. Its tahoto pagoda is an Important Cultural Property, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
AichiShrines & TemplesIts tahoto pagoda is the oldest building in the city of Nagoya. It holds more than a thousand Enku Buddhas.
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AichiShrines & TemplesKnown for its Honen festival, an old form of rite praying for good harvests and many descendants.
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AichiShrines & TemplesOne of the four Kannon of Owari. It guards the demon gate of Nagoya Castle.
AichiShrines & TemplesOne of the four Kannon of Owari, with a legend of a girl who covered the figure with her hat and was seen and married by the lord.
AichiShrines & TemplesThe tutelary shrine of Nagoya. Floats move through the streets for the Wakamiya festival.
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