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富山県 · Shrines & temples

Oyama Jinja

立山町呉東

Three sites make up one shrine: the Maetate hall in the village, the Chugu prayer hall, and the Mine main hall at the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama. …

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Zuiryuji

高岡市呉西

Its gate, Buddha hall and lecture hall are National Treasures. The funerary temple of Maeda Toshinaga of the Kaga domain, it preserves the symmetrical…

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Inami Betsuin Zuisenji

南砺市呉西

Carving workshops still line the street before its gate. The temple came first; Inami carving became an industry afterwards.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Keta Jinja

高岡市呉西

One of the shrines claiming to be first of Etchu Province, said to have been invited from Keta Taisha in Noto.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Johana Betsuin Zentokuji

南砺市呉西

The heart of Johana, which prospered as its gate town. The stage of the Hikiyama and Mugiya festivals.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Takaoka Daibutsu

高岡市呉西

A bronze Great Buddha cast with the techniques of Takaoka copperware. The local industry, given form.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Maetate Shadan

立山町呉東

The hall down in the village. The climb up Tateyama begins here.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Chugu Kigalden

立山町呉東

At Ashikuraji, it served as the base of Tateyama belief.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Zuiryuji Sanmon

高岡市呉西

The gate, Buddha hall and lecture hall are all National Treasures, laid out in strict symmetry.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Inami Chokoku

南砺市呉西

Carving workshops line the approach to Zuisenji. The temple came first; the carving became an industry afterwards.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Takaoka Sekino Jinja

高岡市呉西

The shrine of the Takaoka Mikurumayama festival, which is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Hie Jinja (Toyama)

富山市呉東

The tutelary shrine of Toyama, known for the Sanno festival.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Murodo

立山町呉東

The sulphurous valley was read as hell, the distant ranges as paradise. The landscape itself was the doctrine.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Senkoji

砺波市呉西

Held to be the oldest temple in Etchu, looking down on the scattered village.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Kozenji

氷見市呉西

Known as the temple where the manga artist Fujiko Fujio A was born.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Hanyu Gokoku Hachimangu

小矢部市呉西

The shrine where Kiso Yoshinaka prayed before the battle of Kurikara.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Oyama Jinja

立山町呉東

At the 3,003-metre summit of Tateyama, one of the three sacred mountains of Japan.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Zuisenji

南砺市呉西

Carving workshops line the street before its gate. Inami carving grew out of the rebuilding of this temple.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Zentokuji

南砺市呉西

The stage of the Hikiyama and Mugiya festivals. Johana prospered as its gate town.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Imizu Jinja

高岡市呉西

It stands within Takaoka Kojo Park.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Kurehayama

富山市呉東

A hill with the whole Tateyama range in view. It has long marked the divide between east and west of the prefecture.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Iwase Suwa Jinja

富山市呉東

The tutelary shrine of a port town enriched by the kitamaebune, known for its float festival.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Jigokudani

立山町呉東

Sulphurous steam rises from the ground. In Tateyama belief this was taken to be an actual hell.

富山県 · Shrines & temples

Jonichiji

氷見市呉西

A great ginkgo more than a thousand years old stands here.