YamagataShrines & TemplesYamagata
Risshakuji (Yamadera)
Halls built onto the rock of the mountain. It is 1,015 steps to the innermost hall. This is where Basho wrote of the cicadas' voices soaking into the rock.
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Zao Jizoson
A Jizo standing in the field of frost-covered trees. In winter it is buried in snow, with only its face showing.
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Isasumi Jinja
The shrine that carries the origin of the place name Aizu. It has long been held to be the tutelary shrine of the whole region.
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Shiramizu Amidado
The only National Treasure building in Fukushima. Ringed by the pond of a Pure Land garden, it shows that the cultural sphere of Hiraizumi reached as far as the coast.
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Nakano Fudoson
It claims to be one of the three great Fudo halls of Japan, with the Fudo enshrined inside a cave.
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Nihonmatsu Jinja
The lantern festival of Nihonmatsu is one of the three great lantern festivals of Japan.
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Kashima Jingu
In Heian-period records, only three shrines could call themselves jingu: Ise, Kashima and Katori. That rank was granted to a place this far from the capital. The kaname-ishi in its grounds is said to pin down the catfish that causes earthquakes.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesSakuragawa
Amabiki Kannon
Known as a Kannon for safe childbirth, and also for the peacocks kept loose in its grounds.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesKashima
Kaname-ishi
A stone said to hold down the head of the catfish that causes earthquakes. Dig as you like, and you never reach its base.
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Ushiku Daibutsu
A hundred and twenty metres tall, among the largest standing bronze figures in the world.
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Tsukubasan Omido
It stands next to Tsukubasan Jinja, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.