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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.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Tokiwa Jinja

水戸市県央

It enshrines Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Nariaki, and adjoins Kairakuen.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kodokan Kashima Jinja

水戸市県央

It stands inside Kodokan, the school of the Mito domain: a shrine placed where letters and arms were taught.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Hitachi Izumo Taisha

笠間市県央

A shrine whose deity was divided from Izumo Taisha. A great shimenawa rope hangs at its front.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Ushiku Daibutsu

牛久市県南

A hundred and twenty metres tall, among the largest standing bronze figures in the world.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Ou Jinja

潮来市鹿行

It carries a tradition of being the original shrine from which Kashima Jingu grew.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kasama Inari Romon

笠間市県央

A chrysanthemum festival fills the ground before the gate. The entrance to a pottery town.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Yamizomine Jinja

大子町県北

It stands on the summit of Mount Yamizo, the highest point in Ibaraki.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Satakeji

常陸太田市県北

The clan temple of the Satake. Its thatched main hall is an Important Cultural Property.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Minato Inari

ひたちなか市県北

The faith of a fishing port, rooted in a town that lives by dried sweet potato and the catch.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Shojoji

古河市県西

The funerary temple of the Doi, lords of the Koga domain.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Tsukubasan Omido

つくば市県南

It stands next to Tsukubasan Jinja, a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Sakatsura Isosaki Jinja

ひたちなか市県北

Paired with Oarai Isosaki Jinja. Known for a belief in winning the lottery.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Kamiiso no Torii

大洗町県北

A torii standing on a rock among the waves. The sunrise falls on it head-on.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Giretsukan

水戸市県央

It holds materials on the Mito school of thought.

茨城県 · Shrines & temples

Suigo

潮来市鹿行

A town of iris gardens and waterways. A place that prays for the gifts of water.