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MieShrines & TemplesThe collective name for 125 shrines, the Inner and Outer Shrines among them. The rebuilding every twenty years is a method of preservation aimed not at the building but at the skill of building it, and its root is the same as the passing on of crafts we have followed through this series.
MieShrines & TemplesKnown for the Wedded Rocks. It was the custom to purify yourself here before going on to Ise.
MieShrines & TemplesOn top of Mount Asama, sung of in the saying that a visit to Ise should include Asama. It is held to guard the demon gate of the Grand Shrine.
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MieShrines & TemplesThe head shrine of Sarutahiko-no-Okami, the deity who opens the way. As a god who opens roads, he draws prayers for road safety and at turning points in life.
MieShrines & TemplesSung of in the saying that a visit to Ise should include Tado. Known for the Ageuma rite, in which horses charge up a steep slope.
MieShrines & TemplesAn auxiliary shrine of Ise Jingu, steeped in the faith of sea people. Its rice-planting rite is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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MieShrines & TemplesYou purify your hands in the running river. The mother of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi gave the stone paving.
MieShrines & TemplesAn auxiliary shrine of the Inner Shrine. Four halls stand side by side.
MieShrines & TemplesAn auxiliary shrine of the Inner Shrine, called the distant shrine. Deep forest surrounds it.
MieShrines & TemplesIt enshrines the deity who opens the way, and is where people go before starting something new.
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MieShrines & TemplesThe only sea crossing on the Tokaido began here. The first torii of Ise Province stands at the landing.
MieShrines & TemplesThe danjiri rite of the Ueno Tenjin festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, known for its procession of demons.
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MieShrines & TemplesThe tutelary shrine of Yokkaichi, and the faith of a town of Banko ware.
MieShrines & TemplesHeld to be among the oldest shrines recorded in the Nihon Shoki. A rock 45 metres high is itself the deity.
MieShrines & TemplesSaid to be the most beautiful paved pass on the Iseji route of the Kumano Kodo.
Its name comes from the mikuriya, the estates that supplied food to Ise Jingu. The shrine of a town of Matsusaka merchants.