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TottoriShrines & TemplesHeld to be the setting of the White Hare of Inaba in the Kojiki. Okuninushi helped a hare whose skin had been stripped off by sharks, and that hare then brought Okuninushi and Yagamihime together. That is why it is counted among the oldest matchmaking shrines in Japan. The stage of the myth is right there on the map.
TottoriShrines & TemplesThe Nageiredo at its inner sanctuary is a National Treasure: a hall wedged into a hollow in a sheer cliff, and no one knows how it was built. Reaching it means climbing by chain, and you are not allowed up alone.
TottoriShrines & TemplesIts approach, paved with natural stone, runs about 700 metres and is said to be the longest in Japan. A place of mountain worship, facing Mount Daisen itself.
TottoriShrines & TemplesIt looks down on the town of white-walled storehouses. Its main hall in kakezukuri survives.
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TottoriShrines & TemplesA kakezukuri hall fitted into a rock cave. One of the three great nageiredo of Japan.