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埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Hikawa Jinja

さいたま市大宮区県央

Its approach runs about two kilometres, among the longest in Japan. The place name Omiya comes from people calling this the great shrine. It began as …

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Mitsumine Jinja

秩父市秩父

It stands on a mountain at 1,100 metres, and in place of guardian lions, wolves sit at the gate.

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Chichibu Jinja

秩父市秩父

The shrine of the Chichibu Night Festival. In 2016 the festival was included in the UNESCO listing of float festivals.

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Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja

川越市西部

Known for matchmaking, and crowded in summer for its corridor of wind chimes. The Kawagoe festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Kitain

川越市西部

The room where Tokugawa Iemitsu was born and the dressing room of Lady Kasuga, both moved here from Edo Castle, still stand. It is held to be the only…

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Washinomiya Jinja

久喜市東部

It claims to be the oldest great shrine in eastern Japan. Its kagura is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

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Mitsumine Okumiya

秩父市秩父

At the summit of Myohogatake. Reaching it takes about an hour's climb each way.

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Shimabuji

秩父市秩父

The starting point of the Chichibu circuit. With Saigoku and Bando it makes up the Hundred Kannon of Japan.

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Suisenji

皆野町秩父

The closing temple of the Hundred Kannon of Japan. The circuit ends here.

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Hodosan Jinja

長瀞町秩父

Its name is said to come from a legend in which a fire was stopped: the mountain where fire halted. A ropeway runs up to the inner shrine.

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Gohyaku Rakan

川越市西部

Five hundred and thirty-eight rakan figures stand in rows, and no two faces are said to be alike.

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Senba Toshogu

川越市西部

It claims to be one of the three great Toshogu, with Nikko and Kunozan.

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Hikawa Nyotai Jinja

さいたま市県央

The shrine paired with Hikawa Jinja. It preserves the Mifune festival, set on the old Minuma wetland.

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Menuma Shodenzan

熊谷市県北

The Shotendo hall is a National Treasure. Its brilliantly coloured carving has earned it the name Saitama Nikko.

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Tsuki Jinja

さいたま市県央

It has no torii, and rabbits sit where guardian lions usually would. The reading tsuki also gave rise to a belief in luck in contests.

埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Enmusubi-dama

川越市西部

A charm in which you take home a pebble from the grounds. In summer a corridor of wind chimes is hung.

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Sakitama Jinja

行田市県北

The shrine said to be the origin of the prefecture's name, Saitama. It stands among a group of burial mounds.

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Jionji

さいたま市県央

A thirteen-storey pagoda here enshrines relics of the monk Xuanzang.

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Eimyoji

羽生市県北

The temple that is the setting of the novel Inaka Kyoshi.

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Yamaguchi Kannon

所沢市西部

It carries a tradition that Nitta Yoshisada prayed here for victory.

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Hikawa Jinja

さいたま市県央

The head shrine of some 280 Hikawa shrines nationwide. Its approach runs about two kilometres, among the longest in Japan.

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Hodosan Okumiya

長瀞町秩父

A ropeway runs to the summit, looking down on the rock terraces of Nagatoro.

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Hisaizu Jinja

越谷市東部

Because its name can be read as kuizu, quiz, it is known for prayers before quiz shows.

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Ryokami Jinja

小鹿野町秩父

It worships Mount Ryokami. Wolves stand in place of guardian lions.