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FukushimaShrines & TemplesShirakawa
Nanko Jinja
It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu. Nanko Park is among the oldest public parks in Japan.
FukushimaShrines & TemplesIwaki
Shiramizu Amidado
The only National Treasure building in Fukushima, standing within a Pure Land garden.
FukushimaShrines & TemplesAizuwakamatsu
Tsurugajo Inari
It stood here before Tsuruga Castle was built. It burned with the castle and was rebuilt.
Nihonmatsu
Nihonmatsu Jinja
The lantern festival of Nihonmatsu is one of the three great lantern festivals of Japan.
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IbarakiShrines & TemplesKashima
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 & TemplesKamisu
Ikisu Jinja
With Kashima and Katori, one of the three shrines of the eastern provinces. In the Edo period it was common to visit all three after a pilgrimage to Ise.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesKasama
Kasama Inari Jinja
A ready market of worshippers came first, and that is what pushed Kasama into becoming a pottery town.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesOarai
Oarai Isosaki Jinja
Known for the Kamiiso torii standing on a reef in the sea, said to be the rock where its deity came down.
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Tsukubasan Jinja
The two peaks, Nantaisan and Nyotaisan, are themselves the deity. A mountain sung of in the Manyoshu as a place of utagaki courtship gatherings.
IbarakiShrines & TemplesSakuragawa
Amabiki Kannon
Known as a Kannon for safe childbirth, and also for the peacocks kept loose in its grounds.
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Kashima Okumiya
A hall Ieyasu dedicated as the main shrine, later moved to serve as the inner shrine.
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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IbarakiShrines & TemplesMito
Kodokan Kashima Jinja
It stands inside Kodokan, the school of the Mito domain: a shrine placed where letters and arms were taught.
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