Location List

Called a “living fossil,” the Japanese giant salamander is the world’s largest amphibian with a body over 1-meter long. They became known after Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold shipped a Japanes...

Gokuraku-dori is a small path between Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin, an area that flourished as a temple town of Kyushu Gobo.

Two wooden Kannon statues are enshrined in a cave.

Sadaki Itonaga donated the cost to build this pagoda as well as many artworks to his hometown. The pagoda was built in 1983 and is open to the public for free of charge.

Sada Shrine is a mysterious shrine known to the locals of Ajimu Town in Usa City. The main hall and the torii gate, renovated in 1864, have been in use for more than 150 years. Remains of a reverbe...

Tokoji Temple was founded in 1362 as part of the Rinzai School of Buddhism. It is said to have then been rebuilt from ruins in the later 17th century after being destroyed in the war. Since that ti...

Higashi Honganji Betsuin, a temple of the Shinshu Otani-ha, and Nishi Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin, a templeof the Jodo Shinshu Honganji School, are adjacent to each other. The main hall of the Higas...

A cave that was handmade at the end of the Edo period, depicting heaven and hell.

Ryuganji Temple is a small wooden temple built inside an enormous rock cave. In the inner sanctum of the temple floats a triad of floating wooden Buddhas, said to have been built by Gyoki Priest in...

The area where Takasu Suspension Bridge Park is located is famous for its beautiful landscape, including the Takasu Kannon-do (temple of the goddess of mercy) built against a cliff wall.

Takasu Kannon Onie is a festival held on January 4th. With a history of over 1200 years, the festival, held to pray for good health and rich harvest, has been designated as the city’s Intangible Fo...

Go-O Jinja Shrine, located within the Usa Jingu, is dedicated to Wakenokiyomaro who resolved a national crisis by receiving a divine message from the Hachiman deity when the Buddhist monk Dokyo att...

Kyoshuzuka Tumulus is a tomb said to be the place where the Hachiman deity buried a hundred heads of the Hayato people to memorialize them after suppressing their uprising. It was designated a hist...

The Enma Cave is located in the Fukugonji Temple. There are 16 Rakan (Arhat) statues inside the cave. The Rakanbashi Bridge is a stone bridge over a small pond in front of the cave.

The Mid-autumn Festival (Hojoe Ceremony = release of captive animals) is held at the vermillion-lacquered Wama Shrine Ukiden near the mouth of Yorimogawa River which runs near the Usa Shrine into t...

If you walk a little south on “Otonoshirabedori” in Yokkaichi, Usa City, you will see a steep staircase on your right, and if you go up these 108 steps, you will see Jyuhozan Mahayana. The mummy of...

Otome Shrine is closely related to Usa Jingu.

Usa Jingu Sando is the approach leading to the Usa Jingu.

A shopping street leading to the Usa Jingu with many gift shops and restaurants.

Also known as the Oh-harai, the Nagoshi Festival is held for three days as a Shinto purification ceremony. The gods are carried on portable shrines (Mikoshi) as part of the ceremony.

Small port located in Amatsu area in northwest of Usa city.

Located along Yakkan river. Famous for cherry blossoms.