広島県 · Shrines & temples
Tamonin
広島市 安芸
The grave of Rai Sanyo's mother is here. A bell tower that survived the bomb still stands.
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Tahoto
広島市 安芸
A pagoda moved here from Wakayama, brought to console the victims of the atomic bomb.
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Kusado Inari Jinja
福山市 備後
A kakezukuri hall thrust out over the Ashida river. Its new year crowds are among the largest in the prefecture.
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Abuto Kannon
福山市 備後
A vermilion Kannon hall thrust out from a cliff. It draws prayers for safe birth and for raising children.
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Kusariyama
尾道市 備後
A place of practice where you climb a great rock by chain.
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Jikoji
尾道市 備後
You pass through a stone gate. It holds a National Treasure painting of Fugen Enmei on silk.
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Fumeikaku
竹原市 備後
A kakezukuri stage modelled on Kiyomizudera, looking down on the town.
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Kiyomizudera (Miyoshi)
三次市 備北
A site on the Bingo 33 Kannon pilgrimage.
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Kumano Jinja (Shobara)
庄原市 備北
Cedars a thousand years old stand in ranks.
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Mitarai
呉市 安芸
A port where ships waited for the tide. Its Tenmangu has long guarded safety at sea.
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Genbaku Dome
広島市 安芸
A World Heritage site of the negative kind. It keeps the memory of 6 August 1945 exactly as it is.
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Shinroku
廿日市市 安芸
The deer of the island are held to be messengers of the gods, and hunting them has long been forbidden.
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Taichoro
福山市 備後
The view a Korean envoy praised as the finest scenery east of Japan.
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Peace Memorial Museum
広島市 安芸
Designed by Tange Kenzo. It receives 1.7 million visitors a year.
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Miyajima
廿日市市 安芸
One of the three great views of Japan. The island itself is the deity, so the halls were built without cutting into the ground.
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Onomichi
尾道市 備後
Twenty-five temples and narrow slopes. The setting of Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Story.
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Shimanami Kaido
尾道市ほか 備後
Six islands joined by nine bridges. You can cross it by bicycle.
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Tomonoura
福山市 備後
A port where ships waited for the tide. The stone lantern and the stepped quay survive as they were in the Edo period.
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Sandankyo
安芸太田町 安芸
Sixteen kilometres of gorge. You cross the Kurobuchi pool by ferry.
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Taishakukyo
庄原市ほか 備北
The limestone natural bridge Onbashi is one of the three great natural bridges of Japan.
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Mazda Museum
広島市 安芸
You can watch the assembly line, and see a real rotary engine.
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Takehara
竹原市 備後
It grew rich on salt and sake. The little Kyoto of Aki.
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Yamato Museum
呉市 安芸
A tenth-scale battleship Yamato. This was once the greatest naval port in Japan.
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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
広島市 安芸
Beside a designated scenic garden, and built around artists connected to Hiroshima and the crafts of Asia.
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