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Tsuma Shrine

Shinto shrine in Saito dedicated to Konohanasakuya-hime, the second-ranked shrine of old Hyuga Province, with a camphor tree that is a Natural Monument.

Saito · Miyazaki

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Utasu Jinja Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kanazawa's Higashiyama district, founded in 718 and known as Bishamon-san, where the Maeda lords of Kaga once came to pray.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

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Kasuga-taisha

The head shrine of about 3,000 Kasuga shrines, founded in 768 at the foot of sacred Mount Mikasa in Nara, known for its 3,000 lanterns and vermilion halls.

Nara

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Yoshida Shrine

Yoshida Shrine in Toyohashi, Aichi, dates to 1124, stood within Yoshida Castle under its lords, and is known as the birthplace of tezutsu hand-held fireworks.

Toyohashi · Aichi

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Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

Three shrines on one precinct, once the provincial shrine of Suruga, with brightly lacquered buildings rebuilt by the Tokugawa shogunate from 1804.

Shizuoka

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Taga-taisha

Shrine to Izanagi and Izanami, the creator couple of Japanese myth, prayed to for long life, with a garden said to come from a gift by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Taga · Shiga

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Yasaka Jinja Shrine

A Kyoto shrine tracing its origins to 656, dedicated to Susanoo-no-mikoto and his consort, with its main hall designated a National Treasure in 2020.

Kyoto

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Sendai Toshogu Shrine

A shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu founded in 1654 by Date Tadamune, lord of Sendai, with a honden, gates and stone torii designated Important Cultural Properties.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Akama Shrine

Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki for the child Emperor Antoku, who died at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, with a gate modelled on the Dragon God's sea palace.

Shimonoseki · Yamaguchi

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Mikuni Shrine

A shrine in the old port town of Mikuni, named in the Engishiki, with a two-storey Zuijinmon gate of the 1860s that is a Prefectural Cultural Property.

Sakai · Fukui

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Takeda Shrine

This shrine honors Takeda Shingen, a Sengoku-period general remembered for both military prowess and regional development in the domain he ruled.

Kofu · Yamanashi

Park & Garden

Nara Park

Prefectural park in Nara around Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji and Kasuga Taisha, home to about 1,700 wild sika deer protected as a national Natural Monument.

Nara

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Shinzan Shrine

A shrine in Oga with its main sanctuary on the summit of Mount Shinzan, once a Shugendo mountain and the home of the Shinzan namahage tradition.

Oga · Akita

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Ikukunitama Shrine

Shinto shrine in Tennoji Ward, Osaka, known locally as Ikutama-san and home of the Ikukunitama Festival.

Osaka

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Onikoshi Sozen Shrine

Shinto shrine dedicated to Sozen-sama, a guardian deity of horses and farming, and the starting point of the Chagu Chagu Umakko horse procession.

Takizawa · Iwate

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Kirishimamine Shrine

Shrine on record since 837, once head of the Six Shrines of Kirishima, enshrining Ninigi, his son and grandson, and their three wives.

Kobayashi · Miyazaki

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Iwasesuwa Shrine

A Shinto shrine in Iwase, the port district of Toyama, that holds the Iwase Hikiyama Festival with its clashing floats each spring.

Toyama

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Hie Shrine

A Shinto shrine on Shiroyama in Takayama to the mountain god Oyamakui no Kami, said to date from 1141 and home of the spring Takayama Festival.

Takayama · Gifu

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Tsuma Shrine

Shinto shrine in Saito dedicated to Konohanasakuya-hime, the second-ranked shrine of old Hyuga Province, with a camphor tree that is a Natural Monument.

Saito · Miyazaki

Shrine

Utasu Jinja Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kanazawa's Higashiyama district, founded in 718 and known as Bishamon-san, where the Maeda lords of Kaga once came to pray.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

Shrine

Kasuga-taisha

The head shrine of about 3,000 Kasuga shrines, founded in 768 at the foot of sacred Mount Mikasa in Nara, known for its 3,000 lanterns and vermilion halls.

Nara

Shrine

Yoshida Shrine

Yoshida Shrine in Toyohashi, Aichi, dates to 1124, stood within Yoshida Castle under its lords, and is known as the birthplace of tezutsu hand-held fireworks.

Toyohashi · Aichi

Shrine

Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

Three shrines on one precinct, once the provincial shrine of Suruga, with brightly lacquered buildings rebuilt by the Tokugawa shogunate from 1804.

Shizuoka

Shrine

Taga-taisha

Shrine to Izanagi and Izanami, the creator couple of Japanese myth, prayed to for long life, with a garden said to come from a gift by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Taga · Shiga

Shrine

Yasaka Jinja Shrine

A Kyoto shrine tracing its origins to 656, dedicated to Susanoo-no-mikoto and his consort, with its main hall designated a National Treasure in 2020.

Kyoto

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Sendai Toshogu Shrine

A shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu founded in 1654 by Date Tadamune, lord of Sendai, with a honden, gates and stone torii designated Important Cultural Properties.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Akama Shrine

Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki for the child Emperor Antoku, who died at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, with a gate modelled on the Dragon God's sea palace.

Shimonoseki · Yamaguchi

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Mikuni Shrine

A shrine in the old port town of Mikuni, named in the Engishiki, with a two-storey Zuijinmon gate of the 1860s that is a Prefectural Cultural Property.

Sakai · Fukui

Shrine

Takeda Shrine

This shrine honors Takeda Shingen, a Sengoku-period general remembered for both military prowess and regional development in the domain he ruled.

Kofu · Yamanashi

Park & Garden

Nara Park

Prefectural park in Nara around Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji and Kasuga Taisha, home to about 1,700 wild sika deer protected as a national Natural Monument.

Nara

Shrine

Shinzan Shrine

A shrine in Oga with its main sanctuary on the summit of Mount Shinzan, once a Shugendo mountain and the home of the Shinzan namahage tradition.

Oga · Akita

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Ikukunitama Shrine

Shinto shrine in Tennoji Ward, Osaka, known locally as Ikutama-san and home of the Ikukunitama Festival.

Osaka

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Onikoshi Sozen Shrine

Shinto shrine dedicated to Sozen-sama, a guardian deity of horses and farming, and the starting point of the Chagu Chagu Umakko horse procession.

Takizawa · Iwate

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Kirishimamine Shrine

Shrine on record since 837, once head of the Six Shrines of Kirishima, enshrining Ninigi, his son and grandson, and their three wives.

Kobayashi · Miyazaki

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Iwasesuwa Shrine

A Shinto shrine in Iwase, the port district of Toyama, that holds the Iwase Hikiyama Festival with its clashing floats each spring.

Toyama

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Hie Shrine

A Shinto shrine on Shiroyama in Takayama to the mountain god Oyamakui no Kami, said to date from 1141 and home of the spring Takayama Festival.

Takayama · Gifu

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