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山形県 · Shrines & temples

Rinsenji (Yonezawa)

米沢市置賜

A temple long tied to the Uesugi. The grave of Naoe Kanetsugu is here.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Tozawa Jinja

新庄市最上

The centre of the Shinjo festival, whose float rite is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Kattamine Okumiya

上山市村山

It stands beside the crater lake, and is shut in by snow through the winter.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Jakushoji

天童市村山

The first temple of the Mogami 33 Kannon pilgrimage, known as a Kannon of matchmaking.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Niomon (Yamadera)

山形市村山

A gate of zelkova. Beyond it the path runs to the innermost hall.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Tsukioka Jinja

上山市村山

It stands on the site of Kaminoyama Castle, and is known for its scarecrow festival.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Somiya Jinja

長井市置賜

Said to have been founded by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. Great cedars line the approach.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Jionji

寒河江市村山

A temple that was once among the largest in northern Japan. A nationally designated Historic Site.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Ayukai Hachimangu

白鷹町置賜

An old shrine of the Mogami river basin.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Isasumi Jinja

会津美里町会津

The shrine that carries the origin of the place name Aizu. It has long been held to be the tutelary shrine of the whole region.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Sazaedo

会津若松市会津

A double helix in which the way up and the way down never meet. A practical idea, that worshippers should not have to pass one another, produced a woo…

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Ioji

福島市中通り

The funerary temple of the Sato family, and known as a temple Basho visited on the Narrow Road to the Deep North.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nanko Jinja

白河市中通り

It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu, lord of the Shirakawa domain. It adjoins Nanko Park, held to be the oldest public park in Japan, which Sadanobu open…

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Enzoji

柳津町会津

It stands on a cliff above the Tadami river, and carries the legend of the origin of the akabeko.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Shiramizu Amidado

いわき市浜通り

The only National Treasure building in Fukushima. Ringed by the pond of a Pure Land garden, it shows that the cultural sphere of Hiraizumi reached as …

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Iimoriyama

会津若松市会津

Where the Byakkotai took their own lives. The Sazaedo stands on this hill.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Amidaji

会津若松市会津

The temple where the dead of the Aizu war were buried. The third storey of Tsuruga Castle was moved here.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nyohoji

郡山市中通り

An old temple at the centre of Koriyama.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Kaiseizan Daijingu

郡山市中通り

Called the Ise of the north. It was built alongside the reclamation of the Asaka plain.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Yumoto Onsen Jinja

いわき市浜通り

The shrine that records the first welling up of Iwaki Yumoto, sometimes counted among the three oldest springs of Japan.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Soma Nakamura Jinja

相馬市浜通り

The shrine from which the Soma Nomaoi sets out. The festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Soma Odaka Jinja

南相馬市浜通り

The contest for the sacred banners of the Nomaoi is held here.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Hanitsu Jinja

猪苗代町会津

It enshrines Hoshina Masayuki, founder of the Aizu domain, and was called the Toshogu of Aizu.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nakano Fudoson

福島市中通り

It claims to be one of the three great Fudo halls of Japan, with the Fudo enshrined inside a cave.