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YamanashiShrines & TemplesFujiyoshida
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Jinja
The start of the Yoshida trail up Mount Fuji. This was the road the Fuji-ko pilgrims of the Edo period took to the summit. A component of the Fujisan World Cultural Heritage site.
YamanashiShrines & TemplesMinobu
Minobusan Kuonji
The head temple of the Nichiren school. The Bodaitei stairway from the gate to the main hall runs to 287 steps, steep enough to leave you breathless if you climb it in one go.
YamanashiShrines & TemplesFujikawaguchiko
Kawaguchi Asama Jinja
Built to quiet the great Jogan eruption. The seven cedars along its approach are a prefectural Natural Monument.
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YamanashiShrines & TemplesFuefuki
Yamanashioka Jinja
One theory holds that the prefecture's name, Yamanashi, comes from this shrine.
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NaganoShrines & Temples
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NaganoShrines & TemplesUeda
Ikushima Tarushima Jinja
Its object of worship is the ground itself, beneath the floor of the main hall. Many written prayers by Takeda Shingen survive here.
NaganoShrines & TemplesShimosuwa
Shimosha Akimiya
The shrine where the deity resides from August to January. Its bronze guardian lions are said to be the largest in Japan.
NaganoShrines & TemplesShimosuwa
Shimosha Harumiya
The deity resides here from February to July. It is said to have been built from the same plans as Akimiya.
NaganoShrines & TemplesUeda
Kitamuki Kannon
An unusual hall that faces north. Visiting it together with Zenkoji is a custom of long standing.
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NaganoShrines & TemplesAoki
Mikaeri no To
So beautiful that people turn back to look, which is why it is called the pagoda that makes you look back.
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NaganoShrines & TemplesKomoro
Nunobiki Kannon
The birthplace of the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox. A hall built out over the cliff.
NaganoShrines & TemplesUeda
Kitamuki Kannon
Zenkoji is said to guard the next life and Kitamuki Kannon this one, so visiting both is the custom.
GifuShrines & TemplesGifu
Inaba Jinja
An old shrine at the foot of Mount Inaba. It is said to have been moved to its present site in 1539 when Saito Dosan built Inabayama Castle.
GifuShrines & TemplesTakayama
Hida Kokubunji
A three-storey pagoda and a great ginkgo said to be over 1,200 years old. A place where the skill of the Hida carpenters is handed down.
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