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Moshioyaki Shinji
塩竈市 三陸沿岸
Every July, salt is drawn from seawater by the ancient method. A rite where faith and the origin of food overlap.
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Sendai Toshogu
仙台市 仙台
A Toshogu built by Date Tadamune. The main hall and karamon gate are Important Cultural Properties.
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Rinnoji (Sendai)
仙台市 仙台
One of the funerary temples of the Date family, known for its three-storey pagoda and its garden.
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Zuihoden
仙台市 仙台
The mausoleum of Date Masamune. Its Momoyama-style colouring has been restored.
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Entsuin
松島町 三陸沿岸
The mausoleum of Mitsumune, grandson of Date Masamune. A shrine cabinet painted with roses survives, evidence of European influence.
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Shiogama Monzen
塩竈市 三陸沿岸
A culture of sake and sushi grew up in the town before the gate of Shiogama Jinja.
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Akiu Otaki Fudoson
仙台市 仙台
It stands beside Akiu Otaki, one of the three great waterfalls of Japan.
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Onsen Jinja
大崎市 県北
The shrine that records the first welling up of the Naruko hot springs. It sits at the centre of kokeshi doll country.
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Kanahebisui Jinja
岩沼市 県南
It enshrines a deity in the form of a snake and draws prayers for wealth. Known for peonies and wisteria.
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Kattamine Jinja
蔵王町 県南
Its inner shrine stands on the summit of Mount Zao. A faith centred on the crater lake.
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Kashima Mikoji Jinja
石巻市 三陸沿岸
Set on Mount Hiyoriyama, looking down on the mouth of the Kitakami river and the sea.
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Sendai Daikannon
仙台市 仙台
A Kannon figure a hundred metres tall. Worshippers climb up inside it.
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Oshima
松島町 三陸沿岸
An island where monks shut themselves away to practise. Countless caves are cut into the rock face.
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Ishi no Torii
仙台市 仙台
Its granite came from Bizen, carried here by sea.
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Ketsuzanji
白石市 県南
The funerary temple of Katakura Kojuro.
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Yokoyama Fudoson
登米市 県北
It claims to be one of the three great Fudo halls of Japan. Its population of Japanese dace is a Natural Monument.
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Osaki Jinja
気仙沼市 県北
It stands on a Sanriku headland, and survived the tsunami.
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Shirotori Jinja
村田町 県南
The tutelary shrine of a town of storehouses.
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Atago Jinja (Sendai)
仙台市 仙台
It displays the largest tengu mask in Japan and looks out over the city of Sendai.
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Aoba Jinja
仙台市 仙台
It enshrines Date Masamune, and is the starting point of the Sendai Tanabata festival.
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Kuryu no Fuji
岩沼市 県南
A wisteria three hundred years old. The shrine enshrines a deity in the form of a snake and draws prayers for wealth.
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Takekoma Jinja
岩沼市 県南
It claims to be one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan, and draws some of the largest new year crowds in northern Japan.
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Yakurai Jinja
加美町 県北
It worships Mount Yakurai, long known as a mountain of medicinal herbs.
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Hanabushi Jinja
七ヶ浜町 三陸沿岸
It faces the open sea, and survived the tsunami.
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