MieShrines & TemplesIse
Yamatohime no Miya
It enshrines Yamatohime-no-Mikoto, who chose where Ise Jingu would stand.
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MieShrines & TemplesIse
Kazahinomi no Miya
It governs wind and rain. It was raised to the rank of miya for having sent the divine wind against the Mongol invasions.
MieShrines & TemplesKomono
Mitakedera
At the foot of Mount Gozaisho. It was once a great temple with warrior monks of its own.
MieShrines & TemplesKuwana
Kuwana Sosha
The Ishidori festival is called the noisiest in Japan. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
MieShrines & Temples
MieShrines & TemplesIga
Shindaibutsuji
Founded by Chogen, who rebuilt Todaiji. It preserves a Nyorai figure by Kaikei.
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MieContemporary Art
MieHistoric DistrictsIse
Okage Yokocho
Before the gate of the Inner Shrine. The streets of the Edo and Meiji eras have been recreated.
MieNature & Scenery
MieNature & Scenery
MieGardensKuwana
Nabana no Sato
One of the largest illumination displays in Japan, with a begonia garden alongside.
MieMuseumsIga
Iga Ninja Museum
A ninja house with revolving walls and hidden doors, moved here and rebuilt.
MieHistoric DistrictsMatsusaka
Matsusaka Beef
Only virgin Japanese Black cattle qualify. It is called the art of meat.
MieCraft Experiences
MieFestivalsKumano
Kumano Fireworks
Shells burst against the rock wall of Onigajo in what is called the sea self-detonation. It has run for 300 years.
MieCraft ExperiencesSuzuka
Suzuka Circuit
The first full-scale racing circuit in Japan, with a figure-of-eight course that crosses over itself.
MieCraft ExperiencesYokkaichi
Banko Ware
Purple-clay teapots. Most of the clay pots made in Japan come from here.
MieArt & CraftsTsu
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Systematic in Soga Shohaku, the eccentric Edo ink painter who stayed long in this province and left his work behind.
MieMuseumsTsu
Mie Prefectural Museum
Natural history and human history in one building, organised around the bay that shaped the province.