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TAKADACHI GIKEI-DO
Hiraizumi
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Sanctuary in memory of the Clan clan. At the beginning, Yoshitsune Minamoto ...Read more
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HIROSAKI HACHIMAN-GU
Hirosaki
Temple to visit
This temple was once located in the region of Iwaki, but was moved to its ...Read more
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TEMPLE MYOSHOJI
Sawata
Temple to visit
Myoshoji Temple is the place where Nichiren, the founder of the Nichiren ...Read more
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SAISHO-IN TEMPLE
Hirosaki
Pagoda to visit
The temple houses a large five-story pagoda, over 30 meters high, built in ...Read more
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TEMPLE ENTSUIN
Matsushima
Temple to visit
Entsuin Temple is located west of Zuiganji Temple. It is the mausoleum of ...Read more
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HAKUSAN-JINJA SHRINE
Niigata
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
According to the Nihon shoki (ancient chronicles of Japan), this Shinto ...Read more
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SHINGU KUMANO SHRINE
Kitakata
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Shingu Kumano Shrine was founded in 1089. It is most famous for the ...Read more
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OSAKI HACHIMAN-GU
Sendai
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Built in 1607 by Masamune Date, the samurai who founded Sendai, this ...Read more
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TEMPLE GODAIDO
Matsushima
Temple to visit
Godaido is a wooden Buddhist temple that is reached by two vermilion ...Read more
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ZUIGANJI TEMPLE
Matsushima
Temple to visit
It is a must in Zen architecture. Founded by Ennin in 828, the temple ...Read more
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YUDONO-SAN (1504 M)
Dewa Sanzan
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
It is the most sacred of the three mountains and is charged with a ...Read more
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DAINICHI-BO AND CHUREN-JI
Dewa Sanzan
Temple to visit
These two temples have the astonishing feature of housing mummified monks. ...Read more
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TAKKOKU NO IWAYA TEMPLE (BISHAMONDO)
Hiraizumi
Temple to visit
Designated a National Historic Site by the government, this temple was ...Read more
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FUKUSENJI TEMPLE
Tōno
Temple to visit
Located 8.5 km northeast of the station, this temple, founded in 1912, is ...Read more