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Sugimotodera
Held to be the oldest temple in Kamakura, with a striking moss-covered stairway.
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Hasedera Kannon
Over nine metres tall, among the largest wooden Kannon figures in Japan.
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Daibutsu Tainai
You can go inside. The seams of the casting show the technique of the time.
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Oyama Afuri Jinja
Hundreds of thousands climbed here each year on the Oyama pilgrimage of the Edo period. As its other name, the rain-falling mountain, suggests, it was a place to pray for rain.
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Sado Kokubunji
Sado has a history of religious figures such as Nichiren being exiled here, and it holds a stratum of belief unlike the mainland.
Niigata
Hakusan Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Niigata, at the heart of a port town that opened out at the mouth of the Shinano river.
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Myosenji Gojunoto
The only five-storey pagoda on Sado, said to be modelled on the pagoda at Nikko Tosho-gu.
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Sado Kokubunji
A provincial temple was established on the island, proof that Sado mattered from early times.
Shibata
Suwa Jinja (Shibata)
The tutelary shrine of Shibata, known for its daiwa float festival.
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Oyama Jinja
Three sites make up one shrine: the Maetate hall in the village, the Chugu prayer hall, and the Mine main hall at the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama. In the Edo period women were not allowed on the mountain, and instead crossed a cloth-covered bridge blindfolded in the Nunobashi Kanjoe. A substitute mechanism: salvation without the climb.
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Inami Betsuin Zuisenji
Carving workshops still line the street before its gate. The temple came first; Inami carving became an industry afterwards.
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Johana Betsuin Zentokuji
The heart of Johana, which prospered as its gate town. The stage of the Hikiyama and Mugiya festivals.