Location List

This temple, Matsushima's oldest remaining Momoyama period structure, is said to be originally built by Sakanoue Tamuramaro.

Four superb view spot "Four Panoramic Views" which overlook Matsushima Bay. The Reikan (elegant view) from Mount Tomiyama at 116.8m above sea level is the highest viewpoint of the Shitaikan. Visito...

Shiogama Shrine, a National Treasure and Important Cultural Property, is one of the highest Shinto shrines in northern Japan, dating from the 800s. In the spring the shrine grounds are transformed ...

Built in 842. One of the big three Inari shrine dedicated to a god who looks after the grain in Japan and approximately 1.6 million people visit there.

Sendai Shiro was born in Sendai about 160 years ago. He was known to bring good fortune to shops and businesses that he visited. This is why he is known as the God of Good Fortune. Nowadays, it is ...

Toshitsune MAEDA is the third lord of the Maeda clan. Tentokuin is his legal wife, Tamahime’s family temple. They Put a marionette show “Tamahime’s Stories” on the stage. Style of the gates are ...

Tousenjou Park, Arita. There are a park and a shrine.

A temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. Was built from 985 to 987 and its Main Hall has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture. The Nio-mon (Deva) Gate and the Jizo ...

Sojagu Shrine is where both Soja City and Soja Station got their names from. It is said that the gods of 324 shrines in the Bitchu region were enshrined together along with the principal deity of t...

One of several temples established by the order of Emperor Shomu in the Nara period (8th century). It is estimated that the original temple site was 160 meters wide and 178 meters long, but the bui...

According to the shrine's undocumented legend, the shrine was founded in 707 AD. In 1533, the shrine was burned down by Amago Haruhisa during his invasion of the province, and reconstructed by Haru...

Closely associated with the figure believed to have inspired the famous Japanese folktale Momotaro, the Kibitsujinja Shrine is a National Treasure of Japan, officially listed as “The Main Sanctuary...

Oiwa Shrine sits at the foot of Mt. Oiwa, which is said to be the oldest holy mountain in Hitachi, Ibaraki. Near the entrance, about three meters from the ground there is a mysteriously shaped gian...

Located at the hill behind Obama Onsen road and you can view the Onsen town and Tachibana bay. Ikeme Hachiman Shrine is on the top of the mountain.

Built in 1532.

There are approximately 60 camphor trees including the one which is over 600 years old in the shrine. Relaxing streetscape with rivers around.

Inasa Shrine is an old shrine, and while its actual age is unknown, it is recorded in Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (The True History of Three Reigns of Japan) that the shrine was received by a lower 5th ...

There are two tea rooms next to the Sakai City Museum: Shinan and Obaian. Shinan was originally built in Shiba Park, Tokyo, in 1929. It was donated and moved to Sakai in 1980. Designed by Rodo Ogi,...

In addition to its history as a mountain asceticism temple, Seigakuin is known as a temple school where Ekai Kawaguchi, the first Japanese to cross the Himalayas from late Edo Period to early Meiji...

With a history spanning more than 1,100 years, Aburahi Shrine has been venerated by many people for a long time. During Sengoku Period (age of warlords) in the 15th and 16th centuries, the shrine w...

Ryushoin Temple (Kaniezan Jorakuji) is of the Chisan School of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, founded in 733. The eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva enshrined here has been designated as a National Imp...

Nabebuta region, the lower reaches of Kaniegawa River and Nikkogawa River, is a wide rural area not far from central Nagoya.