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秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Chokaisan Omonoimi Jinja

にかほ市ほか由利

Its inner shrine stands on the summit of Mount Chokai, and which prefecture the peak belongs to, Akita or Yamagata, was disputed for a very long time.…

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Shinzan Jinja

男鹿市中央

The stage for the new year Saito festival and the namahage rite. A ceremony survives here in which participants cross red-hot iron barefoot. Mountain …

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Koshio Jinja

秋田市中央

An old shrine tied to legends of the subjugation of the Emishi. It preserves an early stratum of belief in Akita.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Iyataka Jinja

秋田市中央

It enshrines the scholar of Japanese classics Hirata Atsutane, and stands on the site of Kubota Castle, now Senshu Park.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Akagami Jinja Goshado

男鹿市中央

Beyond 999 stone steps, said to have been piled up by ogres in a single night, five halls stand in a row. One source of the namahage legend.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Karamatsu Jinja

大仙市県南

Unusually, the hall sits lower than the approach path. It draws prayers for safe childbirth.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Chokaisan Sancho

にかほ市由利

It stands at the 2,236-metre summit. Which prefecture the peak belonged to was disputed for generations.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Akita Gokoku Jinja

秋田市中央

It stands in Takashimizu Park.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Kakunodate Shinmeisha

仙北市県南

The tutelary shrine of the samurai district. The float rite of the Kakunodate festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Taiheizan Miyoshi Jinja

秋田市中央

The head shrine of Miyoshi Reijin, a deity of strength. Its Bonten festival at the lunar new year is known for a fierce scramble.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Shinzan Jinja

由利本荘市由利

It preserves a striking rite in which worshippers parade in loincloths.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Goshado Ishidan

男鹿市中央

Stone steps said to have been piled up by ogres in one night. The core of the namahage legend.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Kanmanji

にかほ市由利

The temple at Kisakata that Basho visited. It once looked out on a scattering of islands in the sea.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Hiyoshi Jinja

能代市県北

能代の総鎮守。役七夕の行事が伝わる。

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Gozanoishi Jinja

仙北市県南

Vermilion torii stand on the shore of Lake Tazawa. It carries the legend of Princess Tatsuko.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Oyu Kanjo Resseki

鹿角市県北

Jomon stone circles, held to be a ritual site, and a component of the World Cultural Heritage site of Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Warabioka

にかほ市由利

The Akita-side starting point for the climb up Mount Chokai.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Hachiman Akita Jinja

秋田市中央

It stands on the site of Kubota Castle and enshrines the Satake clan.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Kakunodate Shinmeisha

仙北市県南

The float rite of the Kakunodate festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Taiheizan Okumiya

秋田市中央

At the 1,170-metre summit. Worshippers climb in summer.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Oga Shinzan

男鹿市中央

The namahage are visiting deities. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Haushiwake Jinja

横手市県南

Its kagura hall is an Important Cultural Property, and Shimotsuki Kagura is performed here.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Sanzugawa

湯沢市県南

The name of the river is itself the boundary with the other world.

秋田県 · Shrines & temples

Hiyoshi Jinja (Noshiro)

能代市県北

The tutelary shrine of Noshiro, which preserves the Yaku-Tanabata rite.