IbarakiShrines & TemplesKasama
Hitachi Izumo Taisha
A shrine whose deity was divided from Izumo Taisha. A great shimenawa rope hangs at its front.
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IbarakiShrines & Temples
IbarakiShrines & TemplesUshiku
Ushiku Daibutsu
A hundred and twenty metres tall, among the largest standing bronze figures in the world.
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IbarakiShrines & TemplesKasama
Kasama Inari Romon
A chrysanthemum festival fills the ground before the gate. The entrance to a pottery town.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesDaigo
Yamizomine Jinja
It stands on the summit of Mount Yamizo, the highest point in Ibaraki.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesHitachinaka
Minato Inari
The faith of a fishing port, rooted in a town that lives by dried sweet potato and the catch.
IbarakiShrines & Temples
IbarakiShrines & TemplesTsukuba
Tsukubasan Omido
It stands next to Tsukubasan Jinja, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesHitachinaka
Sakatsura Isosaki Jinja
Paired with Oarai Isosaki Jinja. Known for a belief in winning the lottery.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesOarai
Kamiiso no Torii
A torii standing on a rock among the waves. The sunrise falls on it head-on.
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IbarakiShrines & TemplesTsukuba
Benkei Nanamodori
You duck beneath a boulder that looks about to fall. Benkei is said to have turned back seven times.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesHitachi
Oiwa Jinja
It enshrines 188 deities, and is known for an astronaut's account of seeing a pillar of light here.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesIshioka
Sojagu (Ishioka)
It enshrines the deities of Hitachi Province together. The Ishioka festival fills the town.
TochigiShrines & TemplesNikko
Nikko Toshogu
Craftsmen were gathered from all over Japan to build it, and where they settled afterwards, three crafts were born: Nikko carving in Tochigi, Suruga doll fittings in Shizuoka, and Iwatsuki dolls in Saitama. One great construction project created the crafts of three prefectures.
TochigiShrines & TemplesNikko
Nikko Futarasan Jinja
A shrine of mountain worship with Mount Nantai as its deity, far older than the Toshogu. The mountain was revered first; the shrine to Ieyasu came later. Once you know the order, the mountain looks different.
TochigiShrines & Temples
TochigiShrines & TemplesUtsunomiya
Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja
A different shrine from the Futarasan at Nikko, and it too claims to be the first shrine of Shimotsuke Province. The place name Utsunomiya is said to come from the way this shrine was called, Ichinomiya.
TochigiShrines & Temples
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TochigiShrines & TemplesNikko
Nemuri Neko
The carving that guards the way to the inner shrine, attributed to Hidari Jingoro.
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