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ToyamaShrines & TemplesThree sites make up one shrine: the Maetate hall in the village, the Chugu prayer hall, and the Mine main hall at the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama. In the Edo period women were not allowed on the mountain, and instead crossed a cloth-covered bridge blindfolded in the Nunobashi Kanjoe. A substitute mechanism: salvation without the climb.
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ToyamaShrines & TemplesCarving workshops still line the street before its gate. The temple came first; Inami carving became an industry afterwards.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesOne of the shrines claiming to be first of Etchu Province, said to have been invited from Keta Taisha in Noto.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesThe heart of Johana, which prospered as its gate town. The stage of the Hikiyama and Mugiya festivals.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesA bronze Great Buddha cast with the techniques of Takaoka copperware. The local industry, given form.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesToyamaShrines & TemplesThe gate, Buddha hall and lecture hall are all National Treasures, laid out in strict symmetry.
Carving workshops line the approach to Zuisenji. The temple came first; the carving became an industry afterwards.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesThe shrine of the Takaoka Mikurumayama festival, which is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesThe shrine where Kiso Yoshinaka prayed before the battle of Kurikara.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesAt the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama, one of the three sacred mountains of Japan.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesA hill with the whole Tateyama range in view. It has long marked the divide between east and west of the prefecture.
The tutelary shrine of a port town enriched by the kitamaebune, known for its float festival.
ToyamaShrines & TemplesSulphurous steam rises from the ground. In Tateyama belief this was taken to be an actual hell.