Tsuyama
Nakayama Jinja
A tale of subduing a monkey deity survives in the Konjaku Monogatari. It is also a guardian of cattle and horses.
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Yuga Jinja
It claims to be one of the three great gongen of Japan. A great torii of Bizen ware stands here.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesSoja
Bitchu Sojagu
It enshrines the 324 shrines of Bitchu Province together. The origin of the place name Soja.
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Goryu Sonryuin
One of the head temples of shugendo. A three-storey pagoda stands here.
HiroshimaShrines & TemplesHatsukaichi
Itsukushima Jinja
This shrine stands out over the sea because the island itself is the deity. No earthworks may be cut into a god's island, so they built on the water. A restriction of belief became, exactly as it is, a World Heritage view. Taira no Kiyomori is said to have given it its present form.
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Mitakidera
A mountain temple with three waterfalls. Its tahoto pagoda was moved here from Wakayama to console the victims of the atomic bomb.
HiroshimaShrines & TemplesFukuyama
Kibitsu Jinja (Bingo)
First shrine of Bingo Province. It enshrines the same Kibitsuhiko as the Kibitsu Jinja in Okayama, evidence of the old land of Kibi having been split into three.
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Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja
It stands on the site of Hiroshima Castle, known for the Carp praying for victory.
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