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MiyazakiShrines & Temples

Miyakonojo

Tsumakirishima Jinja

Stone steps said to have been built by an ogre in one night. A sacred stone, cut clean through, remains here.

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Miyazaki

Ikime Jinja

Revered as a deity of the eyes. It carries the legend of Taira no Kagekiyo.

KagoshimaShrines & Temples

Minamikyushu

Kiyomizu Magaibutsu

Hundreds of five-ringed pagodas and Sanskrit characters are carved into the cliff along the Manose river.

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Minamikyushu

Kamafuta Jinja

Worshippers walk the approach with a pot lid balanced on their heads. A faith for fortune in war and in contests.

OkinawaShrines & Temples

Naha

Naminouegu

It stands on a cliff, so that worship faces out towards the paradise held to lie beyond the sea.

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Ginowan

Futenmagu

A limestone cave lies behind the hall, and the cave itself is the object of worship. It takes the form of a shrine, but what is inside is the faith of the utaki.

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Naha

Okinawa Gokoku Jinja

It is inside Onoyama Park in Naha City.

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Ishigaki

Torinji

The oldest temple in the Yaeyama Islands. The Nio figures at its sanmon gate were swept away by a tsunami and are said to have come back from the sea.

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Naha

Sueyoshigu

It stands at the end of a stone stairway through the forest. A stone ramp of a form peculiar to Ryukyu survives.

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Naha

Gokokuji (Naha)

Held to be the oldest temple in Okinawa. Bettelheim stayed here.

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Kin

Kin Kannonji

It stands above a limestone cave, where awamori is laid down to age.