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Kukai is said to have struck the rock with his vajra and brought the water up. The beginning of Shuzenji Onsen.
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Kukai is said to have struck the rock with his vajra and brought the water up. The beginning of Shuzenji Onsen.
A great camphor several hundred years old. The Pillow Book records the shrine as the deity who grants wishes as spoken.
It carries the legend of the divine dog Shippeitaro. Its naked festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
The starting point of the Subashiri trail up Mount Fuji.
It enshrines the Kusanagi sword, one of the three imperial regalia. A great camphor said to be over a thousand years old stands in its grounds, and a deep forest survives in the middle of the city. Nobunaga prayed here for victory before Okehazama, and the Nobunaga wall he dedicated after winning still stands.
It carries the name Inari but is not a shrine: it is a Soto Zen temple. A rare case of a temple that kept enshrining Inari even after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism. Countless fox figures stand at the Reikozuka behind it.
Its gate town became a shopping arcade as it stood. Also known for the Osu Bunko, a collection of classical texts.
The head shrine of all Tsushima and Tenno shrines in Japan. Its faith quiets epidemic disease, and the Owari Tsushima Tenno festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
First shrine of Owari Province. The city name Ichinomiya comes from this shrine being the ichinomiya.
A branch of Naritasan Shinshoji, known for blessings for road safety.
The wall Nobunaga dedicated in thanks for his victory at Okehazama. One of the three great earthen walls of Japan.
One of the three imperial regalia. It is the sacred body of Atsuta Jingu and is never shown.
At the foot of Inuyama Castle. Known for heart-shaped votive tablets and coin washing.
Adjoining it is a shrine to Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, the founder of Seto ware.
The tutelary shrine of a Tokaido post town. Its tahoto pagoda is an Important Cultural Property, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
Its tahoto pagoda is the oldest building in the city of Nagoya. It holds more than a thousand Enku Buddhas.
BEFORE EXPLORING JAPAN · Getting to know Japanese culture
Two places you will come across on your trip. A shrine enshrines the kami of Shinto; a temple is a place to face the teachings of Buddhism and the Buddhas. Their entrances and the etiquette for visiting also differ.
A shrine honors Shinto kami; a temple follows Buddhist teachings. Learn how to recognize each place and visit respectfully.
Follow the guidance of each shrine or temple for the actual etiquette.