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山形県 · Shrines & temples

Dewa Sanzan Jinja

鶴岡市庄内

Haguro is the present, Gassan the past and death, Yudono the future and rebirth. To walk the three in order has long been called a journey of rebirth:…

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Risshakuji (Yamadera)

山形市村山

Halls built onto the rock of the mountain. It is 1,015 steps to the innermost hall. This is where Basho wrote of the cicadas' voices soaking into the …

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Uesugi Jinja

米沢市置賜

It enshrines Uesugi Kenshin. Standing on the honmaru of Yonezawa Castle, it has served as the centre of the castle town.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Kumano Taisha

南陽市置賜

Counted with Kii as one of the three Kumano shrines of Japan. Three rabbits are said to be hidden in the carving behind the main hall, and looking for…

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Jakushoji

天童市村山

Known as a Kannon of matchmaking. The temple sung of in the Hanagasa Ondo.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Shonai Jinja

鶴岡市庄内

It stands on the site of Tsurugaoka Castle and enshrines the Sakai, lords of the Shonai domain. The centre of the castle town.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Hagurosan Gojunoto

鶴岡市庄内

A National Treasure pagoda standing among the cedars, held to be the oldest in northern Japan.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Gassan Jinja

鶴岡市庄内

At the 1,984-metre summit. Within the three mountains of Dewa it carries the past, and death.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Yudonosan Jinja

鶴岡市庄内

Do not speak of it, do not listen: so the rule runs. There is no hall; the rock with its scalding spring is itself the deity.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Dainichibo

鶴岡市庄内

It enshrines a sokushinbutsu, a self-mummified monk: an ascetic of the Yudonosan faith who made a buddha of his own body.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Churenji

鶴岡市庄内

A temple that enshrines a sokushinbutsu, and the setting of Mori Atsushi's novel Gassan.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Konpon Chudo

山形市村山

The undying dharma lamp, divided from Enryakuji, still burns here.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Uesugi Byosho

米沢市置賜

The mausolea of Kenshin and the lords who followed him stand in a stand of cedars.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Zao Jizoson

山形市村山

A Jizo standing in the field of frost-covered trees. In winter it is buried in snow, with only its face showing.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Zenpoji

鶴岡市庄内

It enshrines a dragon deity and draws the faith of fishermen. A five-storey pagoda stands here.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Kenkun Jinja

天童市村山

It enshrines Oda Nobunaga. Tied to the Tendo Oda domain, it also lies behind the town's identity as a place of shogi.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Sanjin Gosaiden

鶴岡市庄内

The deities of all three mountains are enshrined under one roof. The thatched roof is over two metres thick.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Ishidan

鶴岡市庄内

Two thousand four hundred and forty-six steps. Thirty-three carvings are hidden along the cedar avenue, and finding them is said to grant a wish.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Godaido (Yamadera)

山形市村山

A platform thrust out from the cliff. The finest view at Yamadera.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Hie Jinja (Sakata)

酒田市庄内

The tutelary shrine of a port town made rich by the kitamaebune trade. Floats come out for the Sakata festival.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Shonai Jinja

鶴岡市庄内

It stands on the site of Tsurugaoka Castle and enshrines the Sakai family, lords of Shonai.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Rinsenji (Yonezawa)

米沢市置賜

A temple long tied to the Uesugi. The grave of Naoe Kanetsugu is here.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Tozawa Jinja

新庄市最上

The centre of the Shinjo festival, whose float rite is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

山形県 · Shrines & temples

Kattamine Okumiya

上山市村山

It stands beside the crater lake, and is shut in by snow through the winter.