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山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Asama Jinja (Ichinomiya)

笛吹市国中

First shrine of Kai Province, built to quiet the eruptions of Fuji.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Inazumi Jinja

甲府市国中

A shrine long revered by the merchants of Kofu.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Kuonji

身延町峡南

The head temple of the Nichiren school. You climb the 287 steps of the Bodaitei.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Kakuenpo

甲府市国中

A rock peak where the monk Kakuen is said to have sat in meditation.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Asama Jinja (Fuefuki)

笛吹市国中

First shrine of Kai Province, standing among peach orchards.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Suginamiki

身延町峡南

Reachable by ropeway or on foot, with a view of Fuji and Suruga Bay.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Hokoji

甲州市国中

Next to Erinji. Known as a temple of flowers.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Ganjoji (Nirasaki)

韮崎市国中

The funerary temple of Takeda Nobuyoshi, and the birthplace of the Takeda clan.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Shichimenzan

早川町峡南

At 1,982 metres. It enshrines the guardian deity of women in the Nichiren school, and is famous for the sunrise.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Asama Jinja (Kai Ichinomiya)

笛吹市国中

Built to quiet the eruptions of Fuji. It stands in the middle of an orchard valley.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Nakiryu

甲府市国中

Clap your hands beneath the dragon on the ceiling and the sound comes back.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Oishi Jinja

笛吹市国中

It guards a valley of Koshu grapes and peaches.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Oide Jinja

都留市郡内（富士北麓）

Floats come out for the Hassaku festival.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Gundari Jinja

上野原市郡内（富士北麓）

A katsura tree 500 years old stands beside a spring.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Jindai Zakura

北杜市国中

Said to be 2,000 years old, one of the three great cherry trees of Japan. Yamato Takeru is said to have planted it.

山梨県 · Shrines & temples

Honnonji

身延町峡南

Founded by Lady Oman, a consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Suwa Taisha

諏訪市ほか南信

Four shrines make it up: Kamisha Honmiya and Maemiya, Shimosha Akimiya and Harumiya, and some of them have no main hall at all. Once every seven years…

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Zenkoji

長野市北信

A temple belonging to no sect at all. Because it took in everyone regardless of school, it was also one of the few sacred sites that never restricted …

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Togakushi Jinja

長野市北信

Five shrines in all, including Okusha, Chusha and Hokosha. The avenue of cedars running about 500 metres to Okusha is famous. The name comes from the …

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Yohashira Jinja

松本市中信

Because it enshrines four deities, it is called the god who ties wishes together. It faces Nawate-dori.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Anrakuji

上田市東信

Its octagonal three-storey pagoda is a National Treasure, and the only octagonal wooden pagoda still standing in Japan.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Ikushima Tarushima Jinja

上田市東信

Its object of worship is the ground itself, beneath the floor of the main hall. Many written prayers by Takeda Shingen survive here.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Kamisha Honmiya

諏訪市南信

One of the four shrines. It has no main hall, keeping the older form of worshipping the mountain itself.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Kamisha Maemiya

茅野市南信

The only one of the four with a main hall. Held to be the birthplace of Suwa belief.