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AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Arako Kannon
Its tahoto pagoda is the oldest building in the city of Nagoya. It holds more than a thousand Enku Buddhas.
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AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Ryusenji (Nagoya)
One of the four Kannon of Owari. It guards the demon gate of Nagoya Castle.
AichiShrines & TemplesNagoya
Wakamiya Hachimansha
The tutelary shrine of Nagoya. Floats move through the streets for the Wakamiya festival.
AichiShrines & TemplesToyohashi
Yoshida Jinja
Held to be the birthplace of tezutsu hanabi. A pillar of fire rises from a tube held in the arms.
MieShrines & TemplesIse
Ise Jingu
The collective name for 125 shrines, the Inner and Outer Shrines among them. The rebuilding every twenty years is a method of preservation aimed not at the building but at the skill of building it, and its root is the same as the passing on of crafts we have followed through this series.
MieShrines & TemplesIse
Futami Okitama Jinja
Known for the Wedded Rocks. It was the custom to purify yourself here before going on to Ise.
MieShrines & TemplesIse
Kongoshoji
On top of Mount Asama, sung of in the saying that a visit to Ise should include Asama. It is held to guard the demon gate of the Grand Shrine.
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MieShrines & TemplesSuzuka
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro
The head shrine of Sarutahiko-no-Okami, the deity who opens the way. As a god who opens roads, he draws prayers for road safety and at turning points in life.
MieShrines & TemplesKuwana
Tado Taisha
Sung of in the saying that a visit to Ise should include Tado. Known for the Ageuma rite, in which horses charge up a steep slope.
MieShrines & TemplesYokkaichi
Suwa Jinja (Yokkaichi)
The tutelary shrine of Yokkaichi, and the faith of a town of Banko ware.
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ShigaShrines & TemplesOtsu
Enryakuji
The men who would later found their own schools all studied here: Honen of Jodo, Shinran of Jodo Shinshu, Eisai of Rinzai, Dogen of Soto, Nichiren of the Nichiren school. Most of the major schools of Japanese Buddhism pass through this mountain. That is why it is called the mother mountain.
ShigaShrines & TemplesOtsu
Hiyoshi Taisha
It enshrines the land deity of Mount Hiei, and its messenger is the sacred monkey. The way shrine and temple grew up side by side is still legible in the lie of the land.
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ShigaShrines & TemplesHigashiomi
Hyakusaiji
An old temple said to have been founded by immigrants from the continent. One of the three mountain temples of eastern Omi, and famous for autumn colour.
ShigaShrines & TemplesOtsu
Konpon Chudo
The undying dharma lamp Saicho lit has burned for 1,200 years. Never letting the oil run out is itself the practice.
Otsu
Sanno Torii
A distinctive form, with a triangular gable set on top of the torii. The fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, given shape.
ShigaShrines & TemplesAisho
Kongorinji
One of the three mountain temples of eastern Omi. The main hall is a National Treasure, and it is known for its blood-red maples.