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福島県 · Shrines & temples

Takakura Jinja

下郷町会津

The tutelary shrine of Ouchi-juku, known for its Hange festival.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Kashima Jinja (Shirakawa)

白河市中通り

Its deity was invited from Kashima in Hitachi. A shrine guarding the frontier of the north.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Ugajindo

会津若松市会津

It stands beside the Sazaedo and enshrines figures of the nineteen Byakkotai.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Sazaedo

会津若松市会津

A double-helix ramp. People going up and coming down never pass each other, in a building rare anywhere in the world.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Shojoji

湯川村会津

Its Yakushi Nyorai and attendant figures are National Treasures, among the finest Heian sculpture in northern Japan.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Byakkotai

会津若松市会津

The nineteen who mistook fires in the town below for the castle's fall, and took their own lives, lie here.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Dokutsu

福島市中通り

Six Fudo figures are enshrined within the caves.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Fukushima Inari Jinja

福島市中通り

The tutelary shrine of the city of Fukushima.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nanko Jinja

白河市中通り

It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu. Nanko Park is among the oldest public parks in Japan.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Shiramizu Amidado

いわき市浜通り

The only National Treasure building in Fukushima, standing within a Pure Land garden.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Suzumigaoka Hachiman

相馬市浜通り

Its group of shrine buildings is an Important Cultural Property.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Tsurugajo Inari

会津若松市会津

It stood here before Tsuruga Castle was built. It burned with the castle and was rebuilt.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nihonmatsu Jinja

二本松市中通り

The lantern festival of Nihonmatsu is one of the three great lantern festivals of Japan.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Hange Matsuri

下郷町会津

A procession moving through a post town of thatched houses.

福島県 · Shrines & temples

Nagatoko

喜多方市会津

An open worship hall where forty-four thick pillars stand in rows. A great ginkgo turns gold before it.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kashima Jingu

鹿嶋市鹿行

In Heian-period records, only three shrines could call themselves jingu: Ise, Kashima and Katori. That rank was granted to a place this far from the c…

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Ikisu Jinja

神栖市鹿行

With Kashima and Katori, one of the three shrines of the eastern provinces. In the Edo period it was common to visit all three after a pilgrimage to I…

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kasama Inari Jinja

笠間市県央

A ready market of worshippers came first, and that is what pushed Kasama into becoming a pottery town.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Oarai Isosaki Jinja

大洗町県北

Known for the Kamiiso torii standing on a reef in the sea, said to be the rock where its deity came down.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Tsukubasan Jinja

つくば市県南

The two peaks, Nantaisan and Nyotaisan, are themselves the deity. A mountain sung of in the Manyoshu as a place of utagaki courtship gatherings.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Amabiki Kannon

桜川市県西

Known as a Kannon for safe childbirth, and also for the peacocks kept loose in its grounds.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kashima Okumiya

鹿嶋市鹿行

A hall Ieyasu dedicated as the main shrine, later moved to serve as the inner shrine.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kaname-ishi

鹿嶋市鹿行

A stone said to hold down the head of the catfish that causes earthquakes. Dig as you like, and you never reach its base.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Nyotaisan

つくば市県南

The 877-metre summit, paired with Nantaisan.