茨城県 · Shrines & temples
Tokiwa Jinja
水戸市 県央
It enshrines Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Nariaki, and adjoins Kairakuen.
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茨城県 · Shrines & temples
Kodokan Kashima Jinja
水戸市 県央
It stands inside Kodokan, the school of the Mito domain: a shrine placed where letters and arms were taught.
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Hitachi Izumo Taisha
笠間市 県央
A shrine whose deity was divided from Izumo Taisha. A great shimenawa rope hangs at its front.
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Ushiku Daibutsu
牛久市 県南
A hundred and twenty metres tall, among the largest standing bronze figures in the world.
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Ou Jinja
潮来市 鹿行
It carries a tradition of being the original shrine from which Kashima Jingu grew.
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Kasama Inari Romon
笠間市 県央
A chrysanthemum festival fills the ground before the gate. The entrance to a pottery town.
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Yamizomine Jinja
大子町 県北
It stands on the summit of Mount Yamizo, the highest point in Ibaraki.
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Satakeji
常陸太田市 県北
The clan temple of the Satake. Its thatched main hall is an Important Cultural Property.
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Minato Inari
ひたちなか市 県北
The faith of a fishing port, rooted in a town that lives by dried sweet potato and the catch.
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Shojoji
古河市 県西
The funerary temple of the Doi, lords of the Koga domain.
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Tsukubasan Omido
つくば市 県南
It stands next to Tsukubasan Jinja, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
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Sakatsura Isosaki Jinja
ひたちなか市 県北
Paired with Oarai Isosaki Jinja. Known for a belief in winning the lottery.
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Kamiiso no Torii
大洗町 県北
A torii standing on a rock among the waves. The sunrise falls on it head-on.
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Giretsukan
水戸市 県央
It holds materials on the Mito school of thought.
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Suigo
潮来市 鹿行
A town of iris gardens and waterways. A place that prays for the gifts of water.
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Benkei Nanamodori
つくば市 県南
You duck beneath a boulder that looks about to fall. Benkei is said to have turned back seven times.
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Oiwa Jinja
日立市 県北
It enshrines 188 deities, and is known for an astronaut's account of seeing a pillar of light here.
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Sojagu (Ishioka)
石岡市 県央
It enshrines the deities of Hitachi Province together. The Ishioka festival fills the town.
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Nikko Toshogu
日光市 県北
Craftsmen were gathered from all over Japan to build it, and where they settled afterwards, three crafts were born: Nikko carving in Tochigi, Suruga d…
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Nikko Futarasan Jinja
日光市 県北
A shrine of mountain worship with Mount Nantai as its deity, far older than the Toshogu. The mountain was revered first; the shrine to Ieyasu came lat…
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Rinnoji
日光市 県北
The Meiji separation of Shinto and Buddhism split the two apart across most of Japan, but at Nikko shrine and temple remained side by side, and all th…
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Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja
宇都宮市 県央
A different shrine from the Futarasan at Nikko, and it too claims to be the first shrine of Shimotsuke Province. The place name Utsunomiya is said to …
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Bannaji
足利市 県南
Its main hall is a National Treasure. The residence of the Ashikaga family became a temple as it stood, ringed on all four sides by moat and earthwork…
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Oyaji
宇都宮市 県央
Its principal image is a cliff Buddha carved directly into the Oya stone. The cave itself serves as the hall.
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