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青森県 · Shrines & temples

Osorezan Bodaiji

むつ市下北

Long held to be the mountain where the souls of the dead gather. Sulphur vents and the still water of Lake Usori lie side by side, so that hell and pa…

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Iwakiyama Jinja

弘前市津軽

Mount Iwaki itself is the deity, with an inner shrine at the summit. The annual Oyama-sankei pilgrimage is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Prope…

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Takayama Inari Jinja

つがる市津軽

A thousand torii wind like a dragon through a Japanese garden. An Inari shrine standing on the dunes by the sea.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Kushihiki Hachimangu

八戸市南部

The tutelary shrine of the Nanbu clan. Medieval armour is preserved here, including the Akaito-odoshi armour, a National Treasure.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Saishoin

弘前市津軽

Its five-storey pagoda is an Important Cultural Property, and among the best proportioned in northern Japan.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Utou Jinja

青森市東青

Held to be the birthplace of the city of Aomori. This area was once called Utou village.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Iwakiyama Okumiya

弘前市津軽

At the 1,625-metre summit. Pilgrims climb here on the first day of the eighth lunar month for Oyama-sankei.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Hirosaki Hachimangu

弘前市津軽

The tutelary shrine of the Hirosaki domain. The main hall and the karamon gate are Important Cultural Properties.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Choshoji

弘前市津軽

The funerary temple of the Tsugaru family. Its gate and main hall are Important Cultural Properties, and it stands at the centre of the Zenrin-gai tem…

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Seiryuji

青森市東青

The Showa Great Buddha is among the largest seated bronze Buddhas in Japan. A five-storey pagoda stands beside it.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Kabushima Jinja

八戸市南部

A Natural Monument as a breeding ground for black-tailed gulls. Because kabu also means a share of stock, a belief in rising share prices grew up here…

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Takayama Inari Senbon Torii

つがる市津軽

The torii ripple along the rise and fall of the garden. An Inari shrine on the dunes of the Japan Sea coast.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Towada Jinja

十和田市南部

Set among cedars on the shore of Lake Towada. It preserves the urabe, a rite of divination by sinking paper in the lake.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Hakkoda Jinja

青森市東青

A small shrine deep in the Hakkoda mountains, spoken of alongside the memory of the 1902 march through the snow.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Shinmeigu

八戸市南部

One of the tutelary shrines of Hachinohe, and one of the three that carry the Sansha Taisai festival.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Ogami Jinja

八戸市南部

Said to be the oldest shrine in Hachinohe and the centre of the Sansha Taisai. The festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Hirosaki Toshogu

弘前市津軽

A Toshogu built by the Tsugaru domain. The main hall is an Important Cultural Property.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Entsuji

むつ市下北

The temple that administers Osorezan Bodaiji. It runs the great festival known for the itako, blind mediums who speak for the dead.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Saishoin Gojunoto

弘前市津軽

Called the northernmost five-storey pagoda in Japan, and the most beautiful.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Shinra Jinja

八戸市南部

One of the three shrines of the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai. It preserves Kagami-ryu mounted polo.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Shiriyazaki

東通村下北

The northeastern tip of Honshu. Hardy horses graze here through a punishing climate.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Kudoji

弘前市津軽

The first temple of the Tsugaru 33 Kannon pilgrimage. The Oshira-ko tradition survives here.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Kushihiki Hachimangu

八戸市南部

The tutelary shrine of the Nanbu clan, holding National Treasure armour including the Akaito-odoshi.

青森県 · Shrines & temples

Hirota Jinja (Aomori)

青森市東青

It claims to be the only shrine in Japan devoted to warding off illness and misfortune.