Nikaho
Kujukushima
Once islands afloat in the sea. An earthquake lifted the land, and they now stand among the rice fields.
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YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Dewa Sanzan Jinja
Haguro is the present, Gassan the past and death, Yudono the future and rebirth. To walk the three in order has long been called a journey of rebirth: the meaning is in the sequence itself. The stone stairway through the cedars runs to 2,446 steps.
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.
YamagataShrines & TemplesYonezawa
Uesugi Jinja
It enshrines Uesugi Kenshin. Standing on the honmaru of Yonezawa Castle, it has served as the centre of the castle town.
Nanyo
Kumano Taisha
Counted with Kishu's Kumano Sanzan and Shinshu's Kumano Kotai Jinja as one of the three Kumano shrines of Japan. Three rabbits are said to be hidden in the carving behind the main hall, and looking for them has become part of the visit.
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YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Shonai Jinja
It stands on the site of Tsurugaoka Castle and enshrines the Sakai, lords of the Shonai domain. The centre of the castle town.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Hagurosan Gojunoto
A National Treasure pagoda standing among the cedars, held to be the oldest in northern Japan.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Gassan Jinja
At the 1,984-metre summit. Within the three mountains of Dewa it carries the past, and death.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Yudonosan Jinja
Do not speak of it, do not listen: so the rule runs. There is no hall; the rock with its scalding spring is itself the deity.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Dainichibo
It enshrines a sokushinbutsu, a self-mummified monk: an ascetic of the Yudonosan faith who made a buddha of his own body.
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YamagataShrines & TemplesYonezawa
Uesugi Byosho
The mausolea of Kenshin and the lords who followed him stand in a stand of cedars.
Yamagata
Zao Jizoson
A Jizo standing in the field of frost-covered trees. In winter it is buried in snow, with only its face showing.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTendo
Kenkun Jinja
It enshrines Oda Nobunaga. Tied to the Tendo Oda domain, it also lies behind the town's identity as a place of shogi.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Sanjin Gosaiden
The deities of all three mountains are enshrined under one roof. The thatched roof is over two metres thick.
YamagataShrines & TemplesYamagata
Godaido (Yamadera)
A platform thrust out from the cliff. The finest view at Yamadera.
Sakata
Hie Jinja (Sakata)
The tutelary shrine of a port town made rich by the kitamaebune trade. Floats come out for the Sakata festival.
YamagataShrines & TemplesTsuruoka
Shonai Jinja
It stands on the site of Tsurugaoka Castle and enshrines the Sakai family, lords of Shonai.
Yonezawa
Rinsenji (Yonezawa)
A temple long tied to the Uesugi. The grave of Naoe Kanetsugu is here.
Shinjo
Tozawa Jinja
The centre of the Shinjo festival, whose float rite is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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