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Itsukushima Jinja

This shrine stands out over the sea because the island itself is the deity. No earthworks may be cut into a god's island, so they built on the water. A restriction of belief became, exactly as it is, a World Heritage view. Taira no Kiyomori is said to have given it its present form.

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Senjokaku

A hall Hideyoshi ordered built, left unfinished for over four hundred years. It has neither ceiling nor walls.

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Myooin

Both the main hall and the five-storey pagoda are National Treasures. The pagoda is held to be the fifth oldest in Japan.

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Buttsuji

The head temple of the Buttsuji branch of Rinzai Zen. Also known for its autumn colour.

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Mitakidera

A mountain temple with three waterfalls. Its tahoto pagoda was moved here from Wakayama to console the victims of the atomic bomb.

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Kibitsu Jinja (Bingo)

First shrine of Bingo Province. It enshrines the same Kibitsuhiko as the Kibitsu Jinja in Okayama, evidence of the old land of Kibi having been split into three.

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Otorii

It is not sunk into the seabed: it stands by its own weight alone. The upper shimaki and kasagi are box-like and packed with about seven tons of stones to make it heavy.

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Nobutai

The only Noh stage still standing over water. Its floor is built to resonate.

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Misen

Here stands the Kiezu-no-Reikado, where the fire Kukai lit has burned without going out for 1,200 years.

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Daishoin

The oldest temple on Miyajima. Five hundred rakan and turning prayer wheels line the approach.

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Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja

It stands on the site of Hiroshima Castle, known for the Carp praying for victory.

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Senkoji

It looks down on the Onomichi channel. The Path of Literature runs down the hill.

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Jodoji

Its main hall and tahoto pagoda are National Treasures. Ashikaga Takauji prayed here for victory.

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Saikokuji

A giant straw sandal hangs at the gate. People pray here for strong legs.

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Tenneiji

It was originally a five-storey pagoda; the top two storeys were removed to make it three.

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Kosanji

Built in gratitude to a mother. Copies of the Yomeimon at Nikko and other buildings stand here, and it is called the Nikko of the west.

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Nunakuma Jinja

Its Noh stage is a demountable one tied to Hideyoshi, and an Important Cultural Property. The tutelary shrine of a port where ships waited for the tide.

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Kameyama Jinja

The tutelary shrine of Kure, the faith of a naval port town.

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Otoshi Jinja

The tutelary shrine of a basin known for its sea of fog.

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Hiroshima Toshogu

The atomic bomb destroyed its main hall, but the karamon gate and the wing corridors survived.

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Reikado

The fire Kukai lit has not gone out in 1,200 years. It was the source of the flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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Daiganji

One of the three great Benzaiten temples of Japan. It administered Itsukushima Jinja until the Meiji era.

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Fudoin

Its golden hall is a National Treasure. When the atomic bomb destroyed the buildings of the city, this hall survived.

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Tamonin

The grave of Rai Sanyo's mother is here. A bell tower that survived the bomb still stands.