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島根県 · Shrines & temples

Kagami no Ike

松江市松江・隠岐

You float a paper with a coin on it: the sooner it sinks, the sooner your match will come.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Manai Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

An old shrine recorded in the Izumo Fudoki. One of the six shrines of Ou.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Kumano Taisha

松江市松江・隠岐

It claims to be the shrine where fire was first made in Japan. The rite of handing the fire drill to Izumo Taisha continues.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Rokusho Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

The soja of Izumo Province, close to the site of the provincial government.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Fumishima

出雲市出雲

A breeding ground for black-tailed gulls. It is the sacred ground of Hinomisaki Jinja, and only priests may cross to it.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Tachikuekyo

出雲市出雲

Columnar rocks stand in ranks, and it is called the Yabakei of the San'in coast. Five hundred rakan are enshrined here.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Manpukuji

益田市石見

Its garden, attributed to Sesshu, is a Place of Scenic Beauty.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Ikoji

益田市石見

Sesshu lived here in his last years and made the garden. The main gate was moved from the great gate of Masuda Castle.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Yomeiji

津和野町石見

The grave of Mori Ogai is here. The funerary temple of the lords of Tsuwano.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Karakama Jinja

出雲市出雲

You worship by squeezing through a cleft in the rock 45 centimetres wide. A deity of ironworking.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Tamawakasu Jinja

隠岐の島町松江・隠岐

The Yaosugi cedar in its grounds is held to be 2,000 years old.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Kanbara Jinja

雲南市出雲

A bronze mirror inscribed with the year Jingchu 3 was excavated from a burial mound here.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kibitsu Jinja

岡山市備前

Its main hall and worship hall are National Treasures. What makes it famous is the corridor, about 360 metres of it, running along the ridge. A roofed…

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kibitsuhiko Jinja

岡山市備前

It carries the legend of the subduing of Ura. That myth is held to be the original of the Momotaro tale.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Saijo Inari

岡山市備前

Even after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism it did not become a shrine, but kept enshrining Inari as a temple: a rare case. Its formal name is My…

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Bicchu Kokubunji

総社市備中

Its five-storey pagoda stands in the farmland of the Kibiji. One of the defining views of Okayama.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Yuga Jinja Hongu

倉敷市備中

In the Edo period it became customary to pair a visit here with one to Kotohiragu in Sanuki. It claims to be the head temple for warding off misfortun…

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Sogenji

岡山市備前

The funerary temple of the Ikeda, lords of the Okayama domain. It is also known as a Zen hall that takes in practitioners from abroad.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kairo

岡山市備前

About 400 metres in all, running in waves along the contours of the ground.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Bitchu Kokubunji

総社市備中

A five-storey pagoda standing in farmland. The emblem of the Kibiji.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Achi Jinja

倉敷市備中

It stands on Tsurugatayama, looking down on the Kurashiki Bikan district. A shrine tied to immigrants from the continent.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Hofukuji

総社市備中

The temple where the boy Sesshu, tied to a pillar, is said to have drawn a mouse with his tears.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Nakayama Jinja

津山市美作

First shrine of Mimasaka Province, with a main hall in its own nakayama-zukuri style.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Achi no Fuji

倉敷市備中

An akebono wisteria over 300 years old. A prefectural Natural Monument.