Search results for Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines
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Rurikoin Temple
- Kyoto
- Rurikoin Temple only allows worship during the special worship period in spring (April to June), and autumn (October to December). The &q...
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Meigetsuin Temple
- Kamakura
- Meigetsuin Temple is commonly referred to as the "Hydrangea Temple", as well as "Meigetsuin Blue". Around 2,500 hydra...
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Kifune Shrine
- Kyoto
- Kifune is an old shrine that worships a dragon god who controls water. It has had a long history of believers from the ancient times. The...
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Hase-dera Temple
- Kamakura
- This temple draws large crowds in the high season around June. About 2 million hydrangeas are strewn on the mountain slope, and bloom du...
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Togakushi Shrine
- Nagano
- This is a shrine that has been around for over 2,000 years at the foot of Mount Togakushi. It consists of five shrines: the Oku-sha (inne...
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Hakusan Shrine
- Tokyo
- A shrine resting on top of Kaga's sacred Mount Hakusan and a place to worship the enshrined Kikurihime Okami, the goddess of matchma...
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
- Kyoto
- Very popular with tourists from overseas! Thousands of torii gates, the symbolic archway to Shinto shrines, have been line the entrance ...
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Nachi waterfall
- Wakayama
- One of the three biggest waterfalls in Japan, with a 133m fall, 13m width, and a 10m deep pool at its base. Every year on July 9th and De...
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Gioji Temple
- Kyoto
- This nunnery temple is featured in “Heike Monogatari”, a famous Japanese historical text. The story tells of a Shirabyoshi da...
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Meiji Jingu Shrine
- Tokyo
- The Meiji Emperor and Empress Shoken are worshipped at this shrine. Originally, the area was a wasteland, so the forest surrounding the ...