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Unedori Shrine

Small wayside shrine in Tono for love and marriage, where wishes are written on red cloths and tied on with the non-dominant hand alone.

Tono · Iwate

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Furukuma Shrine

A Tenman-gu Shrine in Yamaguchi City founded in 1373, it enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and was relocated in 1618 by the Mori clan.

Yamaguchi

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Aoi Aso Shrine

A shrine in Hitoyoshi founded in 806 for three deities of Aso Shrine, with black-lacquered, thatched buildings of 1610 to 1613 designated a National Treasure.

Hitoyoshi · Kumamoto

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Takebe Shrine

Takebe Shrine in Otsu enshrines Yamato Takeru and Onamuchi and served as the principal shrine of the ancient Omi Province.

Otsu · Shiga

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Maebashi Tosho-gu

A shrine in Maebashi Park enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, founded in 1624 in Echizen-Katsuyama, whose buildings were moved here from Kawagoe in 1871.

Maebashi · Gunma

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Noda Shrine

Shrine to Mori Takachika, lord of the Choshu Domain at the Meiji Restoration, and his son Mori Motonori, with a 1936 Noh stage.

Yamaguchi

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Shrine founded as guardian deity of the Kamakura shogunate, hosting significant festivals including horseback archery and sumo wrestling traditions.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Ashikaga Orihime Shrine

Ashikaga shrine to two weaving deities, known for matchmaking and industry, with a concrete hall of 1937 and four Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.

Ashikaga · Tochigi

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Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha

A shrine at the foot of Mount Fuji that worships the mountain itself, and the head of more than 1,300 Sengen shrines across Japan.

Fujinomiya · Shizuoka

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Suwa Shrine

The tutelary shrine of Nagasaki, re-established in 1625 after the city had been church land, and home of the Kunchi festival.

Nagasaki

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Jozankei Shrine

A Shinto shrine in the Jozankei hot spring town of Sapporo, beside the trail up Mount Yuhi and the main venue of the winter snow lantern event.

Sapporo · Hokkaido

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Shirahige Shrine

A shrine on the western shore of Lake Biwa with a torii standing in the water, dedicated to Sarutahiko and known as a shrine of long life.

Takashima · Shiga

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Kunikatanushi Shrine

A shrine at the centre of the island of Iki, founded in 811, to the small god Sukunahikona and to Sugawara no Michizane.

Iki · Nagasaki

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Usa Shrine

The head shrine of the forty thousand Hachiman shrines, founded at Usa in 725, with three halls that are a National Treasure.

Usa · Oita

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Kirishima Shrine

A shrine below the peak of Takachiho in Kagoshima, its vermilion halls of 1715 made a National Treasure in 2022.

Kirishima · Kagoshima

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Kumano Taisha

The ichinomiya of old Izumo, known as the shrine where fire first came into being in Japan, and keeper of the fire tools Izumo Taisha receives each October.

Matsue · Shimane

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Keihin Fushimi Inari Shrine

A postwar branch of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari in Kawasaki, guarded by 108 stone foxes, with its main hall ringed with lava from Mount Fuji.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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Hinomisaki Shrine

Two shrines on one site at the western tip of the Shimane Peninsula, rebuilt in the 1630s and holding a National Treasure suit of armour.

Izumo · Shimane

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Unedori Shrine

Small wayside shrine in Tono for love and marriage, where wishes are written on red cloths and tied on with the non-dominant hand alone.

Tono · Iwate

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Furukuma Shrine

A Tenman-gu Shrine in Yamaguchi City founded in 1373, it enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and was relocated in 1618 by the Mori clan.

Yamaguchi

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Aoi Aso Shrine

A shrine in Hitoyoshi founded in 806 for three deities of Aso Shrine, with black-lacquered, thatched buildings of 1610 to 1613 designated a National Treasure.

Hitoyoshi · Kumamoto

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Takebe Shrine

Takebe Shrine in Otsu enshrines Yamato Takeru and Onamuchi and served as the principal shrine of the ancient Omi Province.

Otsu · Shiga

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Maebashi Tosho-gu

A shrine in Maebashi Park enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, founded in 1624 in Echizen-Katsuyama, whose buildings were moved here from Kawagoe in 1871.

Maebashi · Gunma

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Noda Shrine

Shrine to Mori Takachika, lord of the Choshu Domain at the Meiji Restoration, and his son Mori Motonori, with a 1936 Noh stage.

Yamaguchi

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Shrine founded as guardian deity of the Kamakura shogunate, hosting significant festivals including horseback archery and sumo wrestling traditions.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Ashikaga Orihime Shrine

Ashikaga shrine to two weaving deities, known for matchmaking and industry, with a concrete hall of 1937 and four Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.

Ashikaga · Tochigi

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Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha

A shrine at the foot of Mount Fuji that worships the mountain itself, and the head of more than 1,300 Sengen shrines across Japan.

Fujinomiya · Shizuoka

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Suwa Shrine

The tutelary shrine of Nagasaki, re-established in 1625 after the city had been church land, and home of the Kunchi festival.

Nagasaki

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Jozankei Shrine

A Shinto shrine in the Jozankei hot spring town of Sapporo, beside the trail up Mount Yuhi and the main venue of the winter snow lantern event.

Sapporo · Hokkaido

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Shirahige Shrine

A shrine on the western shore of Lake Biwa with a torii standing in the water, dedicated to Sarutahiko and known as a shrine of long life.

Takashima · Shiga

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Kunikatanushi Shrine

A shrine at the centre of the island of Iki, founded in 811, to the small god Sukunahikona and to Sugawara no Michizane.

Iki · Nagasaki

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Usa Shrine

The head shrine of the forty thousand Hachiman shrines, founded at Usa in 725, with three halls that are a National Treasure.

Usa · Oita

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Kirishima Shrine

A shrine below the peak of Takachiho in Kagoshima, its vermilion halls of 1715 made a National Treasure in 2022.

Kirishima · Kagoshima

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Kumano Taisha

The ichinomiya of old Izumo, known as the shrine where fire first came into being in Japan, and keeper of the fire tools Izumo Taisha receives each October.

Matsue · Shimane

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Keihin Fushimi Inari Shrine

A postwar branch of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari in Kawasaki, guarded by 108 stone foxes, with its main hall ringed with lava from Mount Fuji.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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Hinomisaki Shrine

Two shrines on one site at the western tip of the Shimane Peninsula, rebuilt in the 1630s and holding a National Treasure suit of armour.

Izumo · Shimane

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