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広島県 · Shrines & temples

Itsukushima Jinja

廿日市市安芸

This shrine stands out over the sea because the island itself is the deity. No earthworks may be cut into a god's island, so they built on the water. …

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Senjokaku

廿日市市安芸

A hall Hideyoshi ordered built, left unfinished for over four hundred years. It has neither ceiling nor walls.

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Myooin

福山市備後

Both the main hall and the five-storey pagoda are National Treasures. The pagoda is held to be the fifth oldest in Japan.

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Buttsuji

三原市備後

The head temple of the Buttsuji branch of Rinzai Zen. Also known for its autumn colour.

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Mitakidera

広島市安芸

A mountain temple with three waterfalls. Its tahoto pagoda was moved here from Wakayama to console the victims of the atomic bomb.

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Kibitsu Jinja (Bingo)

福山市備後

First shrine of Bingo Province. It enshrines the same Kibitsuhiko as the Kibitsu Jinja in Okayama, evidence of the old land of Kibi having been split …

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Otorii

廿日市市安芸

It is not sunk into the seabed: it stands by its own weight alone, made heavy with boxes of stones packed into its feet.

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Nobutai

廿日市市安芸

The only Noh stage still standing over water. Its floor is built to resonate.

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Senjokaku

廿日市市安芸

Hideyoshi ordered it built, and his death left it unfinished. It has neither ceiling nor walls.

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Misen

廿日市市安芸

Here stands the Kiezu-no-Reikado, where the fire Kukai lit has burned without going out for 1,200 years.

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Daishoin

廿日市市安芸

The oldest temple on Miyajima. Five hundred rakan and turning prayer wheels line the approach.

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Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja

広島市安芸

It stands on the site of Hiroshima Castle, known for the Carp praying for victory.

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Senkoji

尾道市備後

It looks down on the Onomichi channel. The Path of Literature runs down the hill.

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Jodoji

尾道市備後

Its main hall and tahoto pagoda are National Treasures. Ashikaga Takauji prayed here for victory.

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Saikokuji

尾道市備後

A giant straw sandal hangs at the gate. People pray here for strong legs.

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Tenneiji

尾道市備後

It was originally a five-storey pagoda; the top two storeys were removed to make it three.

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Kosanji

尾道市備後

Built in gratitude to a mother. Copies of the Yomeimon at Nikko and other buildings stand here, and it is called the Nikko of the west.

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Nunakuma Jinja

福山市備後

Its Noh stage is a demountable one tied to Hideyoshi, and an Important Cultural Property. The tutelary shrine of a port where ships waited for the tid…

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Kameyama Jinja

呉市安芸

The tutelary shrine of Kure, the faith of a naval port town.

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Otoshi Jinja

三次市備北

The tutelary shrine of a basin known for its sea of fog.

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Hiroshima Toshogu

広島市安芸

The atomic bomb destroyed its main hall, but the karamon gate and the wing corridors survived.

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Reikado

廿日市市安芸

The fire Kukai lit has not gone out in 1,200 years. It was the source of the flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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Daiganji

廿日市市安芸

One of the three great Benzaiten temples of Japan. It administered Itsukushima Jinja until the Meiji era.

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Fudoin

広島市安芸

Its golden hall is a National Treasure. When the atomic bomb destroyed the buildings of the city, this hall survived.