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岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Hachimantai

八幡平市県央

A highland scattered with small shrines to the hot springs and the mountains.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Kokusekiji

奥州市県南

Known for the Somin Festival at the lunar new year, a wild all-night contest between naked men.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Motsuji Ennen

平泉町県南

An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. It preserves the form of Heian-period performance.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Hayachine Jinja

花巻市県央

It worships Mount Hayachine. Hayachine Kagura is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Oni no Tegata

盛岡市県央

The handprint an ogre is said to have left gave the prefecture its name. This is where the name Iwate comes from.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Jokenji

遠野市県南

Known for Kappa-buchi, the pool behind the grounds. Kappa figures stand where guardian lions usually would.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Hoonji

盛岡市県央

Four hundred and ninety-nine rakan figures line the Five Hundred Rakan Hall.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Kumano Jinja

北上市県南

Known for the dedication of Onikenbai sword dancing, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Konjikido

平泉町県南

The whole hall is covered in gold leaf. The bodies of four generations of the Northern Fujiwara are interred here.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Yakehashiri

八幡平市県央

A black lava field left by an eruption of Mount Iwate. It was long regarded with dread.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Unedorisama

遠野市県南

If you can tie the red cloth using only your left hand, your wish for love is said to come true.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Jodogahama

宮古市県央

The name comes from a monk who said it was "like the Pure Land itself".

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Tendaiji

二戸市県央

Setouchi Jakucho served as its abbot. One of the oldest temples in northern Japan.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Ozaki Jinja

釜石市県央

A shrine that guards the Sanriku fisheries. It was rebuilt after the tsunami.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Nobutai (Chusonji)

平泉町県南

The guardian shrine of Chusonji. Its thatched Noh stage is an Important Cultural Property.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Iwatesan

八幡平市県央

Called Nanbu Kata-Fuji, the one-sided Fuji. The mountain behind the prefecture's name.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Tachibana Bishamondo

北上市県南

It preserves one of the largest Tobatsu Bishamonten figures in Japan.

岩手県 · Shrines & temples

Kyojoji

盛岡市県央

A temple with long ties to the Nanbu clan.

宮城県 · Shrines & temples

Shiogama Jinja

塩竈市三陸沿岸

Its deity is said to have taught people how to make salt. Every July a rite is still held to draw salt from seawater by the ancient method. Salt is th…

宮城県 · Shrines & temples

Osaki Hachimangu

仙台市仙台

The hall Date Masamune had built is a National Treasure, and is held to be the oldest surviving building in the black-lacquer-and-colour Momoyama styl…

宮城県 · Shrines & temples

Zuiganji

松島町三陸沿岸

The main hall and the kitchen quarters are National Treasures. The funerary temple of the Date family, always spoken of together with the scenery of M…

宮城県 · Shrines & temples

Shiwahiko Jinja

塩竈市三陸沿岸

It stands in the same grounds as Shiogama Jinja, its vermilion and black lacquered halls side by side.

宮城県 · Shrines & temples

Mutsu Kokubunji Yakushido

仙台市仙台

The Yakushido rebuilt by Date Masamune still stands, carrying the line of the provincial temples into northern Japan.

宮城県 · Shrines & temples

Godaido

松島町三陸沿岸

It stands on a small island jutting into Matsushima Bay. The bridge across is a sukashi-bashi, with gaps between the planks so that the sea shows thro…