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福島県 · Shrines & temples

Isasumi Jinja

会津美里町会津

The shrine that carries the origin of the place name Aizu. It has long been held to be the tutelary shrine of the whole region.

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Sazaedo

会津若松市会津

A double helix in which the way up and the way down never meet. A practical idea, that worshippers should not have to pass one another, produced a woo…

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Ioji

福島市中通り

The funerary temple of the Sato family, and known as a temple Basho visited on the Narrow Road to the Deep North.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nanko Jinja

白河市中通り

It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu, lord of the Shirakawa domain. It adjoins Nanko Park, held to be the oldest public park in Japan, which Sadanobu open…

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Enzoji

柳津町会津

It stands on a cliff above the Tadami river, and carries the legend of the origin of the akabeko.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Shiramizu Amidado

いわき市浜通り

The only National Treasure building in Fukushima. Ringed by the pond of a Pure Land garden, it shows that the cultural sphere of Hiraizumi reached as …

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Iimoriyama

会津若松市会津

Where the Byakkotai took their own lives. The Sazaedo stands on this hill.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Amidaji

会津若松市会津

The temple where the dead of the Aizu war were buried. The third storey of Tsuruga Castle was moved here.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nyohoji

郡山市中通り

An old temple at the centre of Koriyama.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Kaiseizan Daijingu

郡山市中通り

Called the Ise of the north. It was built alongside the reclamation of the Asaka plain.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Yumoto Onsen Jinja

いわき市浜通り

The shrine that records the first welling up of Iwaki Yumoto, sometimes counted among the three oldest springs of Japan.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Soma Nakamura Jinja

相馬市浜通り

The shrine from which the Soma Nomaoi sets out. The festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Soma Odaka Jinja

南相馬市浜通り

The contest for the sacred banners of the Nomaoi is held here.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Hanitsu Jinja

猪苗代町会津

It enshrines Hoshina Masayuki, founder of the Aizu domain, and was called the Toshogu of Aizu.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nakano Fudoson

福島市中通り

It claims to be one of the three great Fudo halls of Japan, with the Fudo enshrined inside a cave.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Takakura Jinja

下郷町会津

The tutelary shrine of Ouchi-juku, known for its Hange festival.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Kashima Jinja (Shirakawa)

白河市中通り

Its deity was invited from Kashima in Hitachi. A shrine guarding the frontier of the north.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Ugajindo

会津若松市会津

It stands beside the Sazaedo and enshrines figures of the nineteen Byakkotai.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Sazaedo

会津若松市会津

A double-helix ramp. People going up and coming down never pass each other, in a building rare anywhere in the world.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Shojoji

湯川村会津

Its Yakushi Nyorai and attendant figures are National Treasures, among the finest Heian sculpture in northern Japan.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Byakkotai

会津若松市会津

The nineteen who mistook fires in the town below for the castle's fall, and took their own lives, lie here.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Dokutsu

福島市中通り

Six Fudo figures are enshrined within the caves.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Fukushima Inari Jinja

福島市中通り

The tutelary shrine of the city of Fukushima.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nanko Jinja

白河市中通り

It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu. Nanko Park is among the oldest public parks in Japan.