Location List

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.

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.

Tenneiji Temple offers a beautiful night view of the Kaiun Pagoda and cherry blossoms overlooking the city lights of Onomichi City.

A temple used as a location for a film. The view is from the western side of the city, looking to the east.

The only place to get a view of the Tenneiji Temple Pagoda overlooking the city and the sea. The view is especially beautiful during the cherry blossom season.

The approach leading to the main hall of the Hachiman Shrine from the downtown area during the Edo Period which was split into two, north and south, by a railroad and a national highway.

A low angle shot of the Sunset Path in front of the temple gate in autumn.

A vermillion torii gate standing on a narrow alley called Miyoshiya Shoji, with buildings reminiscent of old merchant residents on both sides of the street.

Overhead wooden corridor over a narrow path at Tenneiji Temple.

A very rare stone gate made of granite.

These stone steps were used in the film ‘I Are You, You Am Me’ (also known as ‘Exchange Students’) for the scene where the minds and bodies of the boy and girl are switched.

Tenneiji Temple houses 526 arhats (Rakan figures). Each figure was donated from the Edo to Meiji Era and there is one figure that faces backwards.

Night light of Sumiyoshi Shrine, used in the opening scene of the film ‘Tokyo Story.’

Numerous stone buddha statues within the Jodoji Temple, weathered and covered with moss.