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Mie travel guide

Ise Jingu, Futami Okitama Jinja and Kongoshoji. Yokkaichi Banko ware fires about 80% of Japan's clay pots; also Ise stencil paper, Akafuku and spiny lobster. Mie, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

    Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.

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    Nabari · Place · candidate to visit

    Akame Falls

    A place of shugendo practice. Giant salamanders live here.

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    Kumano · Place · candidate to visit

    Onigajo

    A great rock wall cut by the waves. Part of the Kumano Kodo World Heritage site.

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    Ise · Place · candidate to visit

    Okage Yokocho

    Before the gate of the Inner Shrine. The streets of the Edo and Meiji eras have been recreated.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Ise · Place · candidate to visit

    Ise Jingu

    The 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.

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    Ise · Place · candidate to visit

    Futami Okitama Jinja

    Known for the Wedded Rocks. It was the custom to purify yourself here before going on to Ise.

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    Ise · Place · candidate to visit

    Kongoshoji

    On 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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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Ise Katagami

    Ise katagami stencils from Shiroko, Suzuka. Washi paper bonded with persimmon tannin is carved and used for stencil-dyeing kimono. There are four carving techniques.

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    Kuwana Trays and Kabura Trays

    Trays from Kuwana. Wood is turned to make the trays.

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    Kuwana Cutlery

    Bladed tools from Kuwana. They are made by forging.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Tsu · Place · candidate to visit

    Mie Prefectural Art Museum

    Systematic in Soga Shohaku, the eccentric Edo ink painter who stayed long in this province and left his work behind.

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    Tsu · Place · candidate to visit

    Mie Prefectural Museum

    Natural history and human history in one building, organised around the bay that shaped the province.

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    Sekisui Museum

    Holds the tea bowls of Kawakita Handeishi, a banker-potter ranked in his day beside Rosanjin.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Mie · Place · candidate to visit

    Iga no Sato Mokumoku Tezukuri Farm

    An agricultural park in Iga that produces, processes and sells its own goods, with workshops and restaurants.

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    Mie · Place · candidate to visit

    Yamaguchi Kanko Budo Nashien

    A visitor farm you can enter without booking, with grape and pear picking from August to late October.

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    Onigajo

    A great rock wall of linked sea caves in Kumano. A national scenic site and natural monument, and part of the World Heritage property.

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