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広島県 · Shrines & temples

Misen

廿日市市安芸

Here stands the Kiezu-no-Reikado, where the fire Kukai lit has burned without going out for 1,200 years.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Daishoin

廿日市市安芸

The oldest temple on Miyajima. Five hundred rakan and turning prayer wheels line the approach.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja

広島市安芸

It stands on the site of Hiroshima Castle, known for the Carp praying for victory.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Senkoji

尾道市備後

It looks down on the Onomichi channel. The Path of Literature runs down the hill.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Jodoji

尾道市備後

Its main hall and tahoto pagoda are National Treasures. Ashikaga Takauji prayed here for victory.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Saikokuji

尾道市備後

A giant straw sandal hangs at the gate. People pray here for strong legs.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Tenneiji

尾道市備後

It was originally a five-storey pagoda; the top two storeys were removed to make it three.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Kosanji

尾道市備後

Built in gratitude to a mother. Copies of the Yomeimon at Nikko and other buildings stand here, and it is called the Nikko of the west.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Nunakuma Jinja

福山市備後

Its Noh stage is a demountable one tied to Hideyoshi, and an Important Cultural Property. The tutelary shrine of a port where ships waited for the tid…

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Kameyama Jinja

呉市安芸

The tutelary shrine of Kure, the faith of a naval port town.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Otoshi Jinja

三次市備北

The tutelary shrine of a basin known for its sea of fog.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Hiroshima Toshogu

広島市安芸

The atomic bomb destroyed its main hall, but the karamon gate and the wing corridors survived.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Reikado

廿日市市安芸

The fire Kukai lit has not gone out in 1,200 years. It was the source of the flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Daiganji

廿日市市安芸

One of the three great Benzaiten temples of Japan. It administered Itsukushima Jinja until the Meiji era.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Fudoin

広島市安芸

Its golden hall is a National Treasure. When the atomic bomb destroyed the buildings of the city, this hall survived.

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.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Tahoto

広島市安芸

A pagoda moved here from Wakayama, brought to console the victims of the atomic bomb.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

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.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

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.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Kusariyama

尾道市備後

A place of practice where you climb a great rock by chain.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Jikoji

尾道市備後

You pass through a stone gate. It holds a National Treasure painting of Fugen Enmei on silk.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Fumeikaku

竹原市備後

A kakezukuri stage modelled on Kiyomizudera, looking down on the town.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Kiyomizudera (Miyoshi)

三次市備北

A site on the Bingo 33 Kannon pilgrimage.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Kumano Jinja (Shobara)

庄原市備北

Cedars a thousand years old stand in ranks.