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ChibaShrines & TemplesA martial deity, paired with Kashima Jingu. The kaname-ishi in its grounds is said to connect underground with the one at Kashima, the two pinning down the head and the tail of a giant catfish. Two shrines across the Tone river share one story: this was a region joined by water, not divided by a border.
ChibaShrines & TemplesAmong the most visited temples in Japan at new year. Eel restaurants line the approach because eels were caught at Lake Inba.
ChibaShrines & TemplesIt stands at the southern end of Kujukuri, facing the sunrise, and is spoken of as the eastern end of a ley line, the path of the rising sun.
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ChibaShrines & TemplesChibaShrines & TemplesIt is said to connect underground with the kaname-ishi at Kashima, pinning down the tail of the giant catfish.
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ChibaShrines & TemplesThe centre of Myoken belief. Unusually, the hall is built in two storeys, one above the other.
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ChibaShrines & TemplesA hall built on a rock, held up by 61 pillars on all four sides. The form is said to be the only one of its kind in Japan.
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ChibaNature & SceneryA rock ledge thrust out over a former quarry, with the whole Boso peninsula in view.
ChibaShrines & TemplesThe line of the sunrise at the equinoxes is said to run straight on to Mount Fuji and Izumo Taisha.
ChibaShrines & TemplesIt once faced the sea, and it carries the tradition of the Fuji-ko pilgrimage associations.
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ChibaShrines & TemplesA shrine guarding the mouth of the Tone river. The faith of a town of soy sauce and fishing.
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ChibaShrines & TemplesKnown for the Katsuura Big Hina Festival, in which hina dolls are arranged on the stone steps.
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ChibaShrines & TemplesFifty-six metres tall, built in mourning for the war dead and in prayer for peace.