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大分県 · Shrines & temples

Usa Jingu

宇佐市国東・宇佐

The Hachiman line is held to be the most numerous of all shrine networks in Japan. It enshrines Emperor Ojin, and spread nationwide once the Minamoto …

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Fukiji

豊後高田市国東・宇佐

Its great hall is a National Treasure, counted with the Konjikido at Chusonji and the Phoenix Hall at Byodoin among the three great Amida halls of Jap…

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Kumano Magaibutsu

豊後高田市国東・宇佐

A group of stone figures carved directly into the cliff, among the largest in Japan. You climb stone steps said to have been built by an ogre in a sin…

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Yusuhara Hachimangu

大分市大分

First shrine of Bungo Province, its deity invited from Usa Jingu. The great camphor in its grounds is a Natural Monument.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Rakanji

中津市国東・宇佐

More than three thousand stone figures fill the hollows of the cliff. Counted among the three great rakan sites of Japan, it is inseparable from the s…

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Usa Jingu Jogu

宇佐市国東・宇佐

Three main halls in the hachiman-zukuri style, all National Treasures. The head shrine of more than 40,000 Hachimangu across Japan.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Kurehashi

宇佐市国東・宇佐

A roofed vermilion bridge. It is opened only when an imperial envoy passes.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Fukiji Odo

豊後高田市国東・宇佐

The oldest wooden building in Kyushu, and a National Treasure. An Amida hall to stand beside the Phoenix Hall at Byodoin.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Usuki Sekibutsu

臼杵市県南

The first stone figures in Japan to be designated National Treasures. Fifty-nine of them are carved into the cliff.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Maki Odo

豊後高田市国東・宇佐

It gathers and houses the Buddhist figures of the Rokugo Manzan.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Rokugo Manzan

国東市ほか国東・宇佐

A group of temples across the Kunisaki peninsula. A distinctive culture fusing Shinto-Buddhist syncretism with mountain asceticism.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Monjusenji

国東市国東・宇佐

Held to be the origin of the saying that three heads together have the wisdom of Monju.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Futagoji

国東市国東・宇佐

The head temple of the Rokugo Manzan. The Nio figures on its approach are famous.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Nakayama Senkyo

豊後高田市国東・宇佐

A path of practice that crosses a ridge of rock. The Mumyo bridge spans it.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Unagihime Jinja

由布市大分

At the foot of Mount Yufu. It carries a legend of a god who drained the water from a basin that had been a lake.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Hayasuihime Jinja

大分市大分

It guards the sea of the Seki mackerel and Seki horse mackerel. It carries a legend of two diving women who recovered a sword.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Isshinji

大分市大分

A temple in the hills near the Tsukano mineral spring. About 15,000 double-flowered cherry trees fill its grounds, and in April the whole mountain tur…

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Sasamuta Jinja

大分市大分

The other shrine claiming to be first of Bungo Province. Known for its wisteria.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Mannenzan

玖珠町大分

Layered plateaus run one into another. A shugendo route passed through here.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Takatsuka Atago Jizoson

日田市大分

Said to have been founded by Gyoki. It is held to grant any wish without choosing, and over a hundred thousand come at new year.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Ohara Hachimangu

日田市大分

The tutelary shrine of Hita. The Gion festival of shogunal Hita is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Taizoji

豊後高田市国東・宇佐

It stands at the foot of the climb to the Kumano cliff Buddhas, and is known for the custom of sticking gold foil stickers on the figures.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Omotosan

宇佐市国東・宇佐

Held to be the original mountain of Usa Jingu. Three great rocks stand at its summit.

大分県 · Shrines & temples

Komo Jinja

中津市国東・宇佐

Held to be the ancestral shrine of Usa Jingu. The Misumi pond itself is the deity. Its gate is an Important Cultural Property.