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三重県 · Shrines & temples

Ise Jingu

伊勢市伊勢志摩

The collective name for 125 shrines, the Inner and Outer Shrines among them. The rebuilding every twenty years is a method of preservation aimed not a…

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Futami Okitama Jinja

伊勢市伊勢志摩

Known for the Wedded Rocks. It was the custom to purify yourself here before going on to Ise.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Kongoshoji

伊勢市伊勢志摩

On top of Mount Asama, sung of in the saying that a visit to Ise should include Asama. It is held to guard the demon gate of the Grand Shrine.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Senjuji

津市中勢

Its Mieido and Nyoraido halls are National Treasures, among the largest wooden buildings in Japan.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Tsubaki Okami Yashiro

鈴鹿市北勢

The head shrine of Sarutahiko-no-Okami, the deity who opens the way. As a god who opens roads, he draws prayers for road safety and at turning points …

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Tado Taisha

桑名市北勢

Sung of in the saying that a visit to Ise should include Tado. Known for the Ageuma rite, in which horses charge up a steep slope.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Izawanomiya

志摩市伊勢志摩

An auxiliary shrine of Ise Jingu, steeped in the faith of sea people. Its rice-planting rite is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Naiku

伊勢市伊勢志摩

It enshrines Amaterasu Omikami. Every twenty years the halls, the vestments and the sacred treasures are all made anew.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Geku

伊勢市伊勢志摩

It enshrines the deity of food. The old order of worship is to go from the Outer Shrine to the Inner.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Ujibashi

伊勢市伊勢志摩

The bridge that divides the everyday from the sacred. It is rebuilt in step with the twenty-year renewal.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Isuzugawa Mitarashi

伊勢市伊勢志摩

You purify your hands in the running river. The mother of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi gave the stone paving.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Tsukiyomi no Miya

伊勢市伊勢志摩

An auxiliary shrine of the Inner Shrine. Four halls stand side by side.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Takihara no Miya

大紀町伊勢志摩

An auxiliary shrine of the Inner Shrine, called the distant shrine. Deep forest surrounds it.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Sarutahiko Jinja

伊勢市伊勢志摩

It enshrines the deity who opens the way, and is where people go before starting something new.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Meoto Iwa

伊勢市伊勢志摩

Around the summer solstice the sun rises between the two rocks. Worshippers once purified themselves here before going on.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Shichiri no Watashi

桑名市北勢

The only sea crossing on the Tokaido began here. The first torii of Ise Province stands at the landing.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Ueno Tenjingu

伊賀市伊賀

The danjiri rite of the Ueno Tenjin festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, known for its procession of demons.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Akame Shijuhachitaki

名張市伊賀

A place of shugendo practice, also said to have been a training ground for ninja.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Ishigami-san

鳥羽市伊勢志摩

Long revered by the ama divers. It is said to grant one wish to a woman.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Suwa Jinja (Yokkaichi)

四日市市北勢

The tutelary shrine of Yokkaichi, and the faith of a town of Banko ware.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Hana no Iwaya Jinja

熊野市東紀州

Held to be among the oldest shrines recorded in the Nihon Shoki. A rock 45 metres high is itself the deity.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Magose Toge

尾鷲市東紀州

Said to be the most beautiful paved pass on the Iseji route of the Kumano Kodo.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Mikuriya Jinja

松阪市中勢

Its name comes from the mikuriya, the estates that supplied food to Ise Jingu. The shrine of a town of Matsusaka merchants.

三重県 · Shrines & temples

Asamayama

伊勢市伊勢志摩

Held to be the mountain the souls of the dead climb. Huge grave tablets stand in a forest of their own.