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Kumano Hongu Taisha

Kumano Hongu Taisha, heart of the Kumano Sanzan, is said to have stood before Emperor Jinmu's time; legend tells of three moons descending at its old site.

Tanabe · Wakayama

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Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha in Shingu, Wakayama, is one of the three grand Kumano shrines, known as a land of rebirth where pilgrims have long sought renewal.

Shingu · Wakayama

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Yuge Shrine

A shrine on Yuge Island in the Inland Sea, founded by a branch of the Mononobe clan to their ancestor, with a pine grove and a shallow beach below it.

Kamijima · Ehime

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Motonosumi Shrine

A clifftop shrine on the Nagato coast where 123 red torii, donated over ten years from 1987, run more than 100 metres toward the Sea of Japan.

Nagato · Yamaguchi

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Udo Jingu

A shrine on the coast of Miyazaki whose vermilion hall stands inside a sea cave, with a rock said to have nursed the god born there.

Nichinan · Miyazaki

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Aoba Shrine

Shinto shrine in Sendai founded in 1874 for Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai Domain, with six registered cultural property buildings from the 1920s.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Fushimi Inari Taisha

The head shrine of Japan's Inari shrines, with about 10,000 torii, offered by worshippers in thanks for wishes granted, lining the paths over Mount Inari.

Kyoto

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Hie Shrine

Shinto shrine in central Toyama known as Sanno-san, given its present grounds by Maeda Toshinaga and home of the Sanno Matsuri spring festival.

Toyama

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Heisenji Hakusan Jinja

Shinto shrine founded in 717 by the monk Taicho, long the temple Heisenji, with moss-covered grounds and a garden that is a Place of Scenic Beauty.

Katsuyama · Fukui

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Inage Shrine

An old shrine in central Kawasaki with a sacred ginkgo thought to be 1,000 years old, dedicated to victory and harmony and home to the Kawasaki Sanno Festival.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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Takataki Shrine

A shrine in Ichihara for safe childbirth, known for its bottomless bag, worn around the belly by expectant mothers together with a safe-delivery charm.

Ichihara · Chiba

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Kumano Shrine (Kawagoe)

Founded in 1590 in Kawagoe, Kumano Shrine honours the Kumano deities and the yatagarasu crow, drawing visitors seeking fortune, love, and protection.

Kawagoe · Saitama

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Kushida Shrine

The chief guardian shrine of Hakata in Fukuoka, founded in 757 according to shrine tradition, to which the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is dedicated each July.

Fukuoka

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Itsukushima Shrine

The floating shrine of Miyajima, built out over a tidal cove, with its great vermilion torii standing in the sea off the sacred island.

Hatsukaichi · Hiroshima

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Kumano Nachi Taisha

One of the three grand shrines of Kumano, beside the 133-metre Nachi Falls, and home of the Yatagarasu, the three-legged crow on Japan's football crest.

Wakayama

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Mankusen Shrine

Mankusen Shrine in Izumo is said to be the last stop for the gods of Japan before they return home.

Izumo · Shimane

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Uto Shrine

Guardian shrine of Aomori dedicated to the Three Goddesses of Munakata, with a sacred spring and historic remains including haiku stones by Matsuo Basho.

Aomori

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Sada Shrine

Shrine near Matsue with three halls side by side, where the gods gather each November to remember Izanami, and home of the UNESCO-listed Sada Shinno dance.

Matsue · Shimane

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Kumano Hongu Taisha

Kumano Hongu Taisha, heart of the Kumano Sanzan, is said to have stood before Emperor Jinmu's time; legend tells of three moons descending at its old site.

Tanabe · Wakayama

Shrine

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha in Shingu, Wakayama, is one of the three grand Kumano shrines, known as a land of rebirth where pilgrims have long sought renewal.

Shingu · Wakayama

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Yuge Shrine

A shrine on Yuge Island in the Inland Sea, founded by a branch of the Mononobe clan to their ancestor, with a pine grove and a shallow beach below it.

Kamijima · Ehime

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Motonosumi Shrine

A clifftop shrine on the Nagato coast where 123 red torii, donated over ten years from 1987, run more than 100 metres toward the Sea of Japan.

Nagato · Yamaguchi

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Udo Jingu

A shrine on the coast of Miyazaki whose vermilion hall stands inside a sea cave, with a rock said to have nursed the god born there.

Nichinan · Miyazaki

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Aoba Shrine

Shinto shrine in Sendai founded in 1874 for Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai Domain, with six registered cultural property buildings from the 1920s.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Fushimi Inari Taisha

The head shrine of Japan's Inari shrines, with about 10,000 torii, offered by worshippers in thanks for wishes granted, lining the paths over Mount Inari.

Kyoto

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Hie Shrine

Shinto shrine in central Toyama known as Sanno-san, given its present grounds by Maeda Toshinaga and home of the Sanno Matsuri spring festival.

Toyama

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Heisenji Hakusan Jinja

Shinto shrine founded in 717 by the monk Taicho, long the temple Heisenji, with moss-covered grounds and a garden that is a Place of Scenic Beauty.

Katsuyama · Fukui

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Inage Shrine

An old shrine in central Kawasaki with a sacred ginkgo thought to be 1,000 years old, dedicated to victory and harmony and home to the Kawasaki Sanno Festival.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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Takataki Shrine

A shrine in Ichihara for safe childbirth, known for its bottomless bag, worn around the belly by expectant mothers together with a safe-delivery charm.

Ichihara · Chiba

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Kumano Shrine (Kawagoe)

Founded in 1590 in Kawagoe, Kumano Shrine honours the Kumano deities and the yatagarasu crow, drawing visitors seeking fortune, love, and protection.

Kawagoe · Saitama

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Kushida Shrine

The chief guardian shrine of Hakata in Fukuoka, founded in 757 according to shrine tradition, to which the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is dedicated each July.

Fukuoka

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Itsukushima Shrine

The floating shrine of Miyajima, built out over a tidal cove, with its great vermilion torii standing in the sea off the sacred island.

Hatsukaichi · Hiroshima

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Kumano Nachi Taisha

One of the three grand shrines of Kumano, beside the 133-metre Nachi Falls, and home of the Yatagarasu, the three-legged crow on Japan's football crest.

Wakayama

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Mankusen Shrine

Mankusen Shrine in Izumo is said to be the last stop for the gods of Japan before they return home.

Izumo · Shimane

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Uto Shrine

Guardian shrine of Aomori dedicated to the Three Goddesses of Munakata, with a sacred spring and historic remains including haiku stones by Matsuo Basho.

Aomori

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Sada Shrine

Shrine near Matsue with three halls side by side, where the gods gather each November to remember Izanami, and home of the UNESCO-listed Sada Shinno dance.

Matsue · Shimane

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