Hirogawa
Hiro Hachimangu
A place tied to Hamaguchi Goryo, who saved the villagers from a tsunami. The shrine halls are Important Cultural Properties.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesKatsuragi
Niutsuhime Jinja
Said to have ceded the land of Koyasan to Kukai. An arched bridge crosses the water.
Wakayama
Idakiso Jinja
It enshrines the deity of trees, held to be the origin of the name Kii, the land of trees.
TottoriShrines & TemplesTottori
Hakuto Jinja
Held to be the setting of the White Hare of Inaba in the Kojiki. Okuninushi helped a hare whose skin had been stripped off by sharks, and that hare then brought Okuninushi and Yagamihime together. That is why it is counted among the oldest matchmaking shrines in Japan. The stage of the myth is right there on the map.
TottoriShrines & TemplesMisasa
Mitokusan Sanbutsuji
The Nageiredo at its inner sanctuary is a National Treasure: a hall wedged into a hollow in a sheer cliff, and no one knows how it was built. Reaching it means climbing by chain, and you are not allowed up alone.
TottoriShrines & TemplesDaisen
Ogamiyama Jinja Okumiya
Its approach, paved with natural stone, runs about 700 metres and is said to be the longest in Japan. A place of mountain worship, facing Mount Daisen itself.
TottoriShrines & TemplesKurayoshi
Hasedera (Kurayoshi)
It looks down on the town of white-walled storehouses. Its main hall in kakezukuri survives.
TottoriShrines & Temples
TottoriShrines & Temples
TottoriShrines & TemplesWakasa
Fudoin Iwayado
A kakezukuri hall fitted into a rock cave. One of the three great nageiredo of Japan.
ShimaneShrines & TemplesIzumo
Hinomisaki Jinja
If Ise Jingu guards the daylight of Japan, this shrine is said to guard its night. It is made up of two halls, the Kami-no-miya and the Hishizumi-no-miya.
ShimaneShrines & TemplesIzumo
Susa Jinja
The shrine where Susanoo is said to have finally come to rest. The great cedar in its grounds is held to be 1,300 years old.
ShimaneShrines & TemplesMatsue
Kamosu Jinja
Its main hall is a National Treasure, and is held to be the oldest surviving building in the taisha-zukuri style. It keeps an older form than Izumo Taisha.
ShimaneShrines & Temples
ShimaneShrines & TemplesMatsue
Sada Jinja
An unusual arrangement of three halls standing side by side. Sada Shin Noh is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
ShimaneShrines & TemplesMatsue
Rokusho Jinja
The soja of Izumo Province, close to the site of the provincial government.
ShimaneShrines & Temples
OkayamaShrines & TemplesOkayama
Kibitsu Jinja
Its main hall and worship hall are National Treasures. What makes it famous is the corridor, about 360 metres of it, running along the ridge. A roofed walkway that undulates downhill with the lie of the land. That is architecture fitted to a site, not a design meant to be looked at.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesOkayama
Kibitsuhiko Jinja
It carries the legend of the subduing of Ura. That myth is held to be the original of the Momotaro tale.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesSoja
Bicchu Kokubunji
Its five-storey pagoda stands in the farmland of the Kibiji. One of the defining views of Okayama.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesKurashiki
Yuga Jinja Hongu
In the Edo period it became customary to pair a visit here with one to Kotohiragu in Sanuki. It claims to be the head temple for warding off misfortune.
OkayamaShrines & Temples