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Entsuin garden

[Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture] Entsu-in, a moss temple in Miyagi with a beautiful garden created by Enshu Kobori

Temples associated with the Date family in Matsushima Endoin, located in Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture, is the family temple of Date Mitsumune, the grandson of Date Masamune, and its main image is Holy Kannon Bodhisattva. Omotesando, Zuiganji Temple, a temple revived by Date Masamune...

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Kakunodate samurai residence

[Akita] Edo period samurai residence street “Kakunodate Samurai Residence”

A place where the Edo period's streetscape remains The Kakunodate Samurai Mansion is a series of mansions of middle and lower-level samurai during the Edo period that remain in the Kakunodate district of Senboku City, Akita Prefecture. From Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture to Senboku, Akita Prefecture...

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Yamakyo Warehouse

[Yamagata] A historic agricultural warehouse complex that is still in use today, “Sankyo Soko”

Agricultural warehouse in the Meiji period Yamai Warehouse is located in Sakata, a city in the northern part of Yamagata Prefecture, and is the symbol of Shonai, a rice-producing region. The rice was built in 1893 (Meiji 26) and was stored...

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Torii of Osaki Hachiman Shrine

"Osaki Hachimangu Shrine" is a national treasure and a national treasure that is famous for its nude visits at Donto Festivals [Miyagi Prefecture]

Osaki Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine located on the west side of Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, and is located along Prefectural Route 31 (Sendai Murata Line) in Hachiman, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, a designated city. The former company rank is Murasha...

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Osorezan

[Aomori Prefecture] One corner of Japan's 3rd generation Sacred Ground in Mutsu City, "Osoreyama"

Osorezan is a mountain known as a sacred mountain located in Tanabe, Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture, and along with Mt. Koya and Mt. Hiei, it is considered one of Japan's three major sacred sites. Osoreyama is an ancient volcano...

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Dewa Sanzan Shrine Sanjinkai Festival Hall

Dewa Sanzan is a famous mountain worship venue that symbolizes "life, death, and rebirth" throughout the country [...

The three mountains in Yamagata Prefecture are general term for the three mountains, Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, and Mt. Yudono, and are famous nationwide as sacred sites for mountain worship and Shugendo. What are the Dewa Sanzan? Dewa Sanzan is the central part of Yamagata Prefecture...

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Ouchi-juku (miniature style)

[Fukushima Prefecture] Ouchi-juku, a post town that is full of Aizu's history and landscapes

Located in Shimogo Town, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, Ouchijuku is one of the most important traditional building preservation districts that retain the reminiscent of the Edo period. It used to connect Aizuwakamatsu and Nikko Imaichi...

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Sendai castle ruins

[Miyagi] Sendai Castle Ruins, the remains of the residence of Sengoku Daimyo Date Masamune

Sendai Castle, a castle in the Tohoku region of the Date family. Sendai Castle ruins are the castle ruins of the Date family, with a size of 620,000 koku, located in Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, and were built on Mt. Aoba, and are called "Aoba Castle" because they are...

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Hirosaki Castle

Hirosaki Castle, a famous cherry blossom viewing spot in Aomori Prefecture

Hirosaki Castle, a valuable cultural property that exists in Aomori Prefecture Hirosaki Castle is Hirayama Castle, the castle of the Tsugaru clan of the Hirosaki Domain, located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, and as the castle towers and towers built during the Edo period still exist, it is...

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Chusonji Temple

[Iwate Prefecture] Chusonji, a world heritage site famous as the temple of the third generation of the Oshu Fujiwara clan

Chusonji Temple is located in Hiraizumi-cho, Nishiiwai-gun, Iwate Prefecture, which is the head temple of the Tendai sect Tohoku University. It is the 33 extra temples of Oshu, with the mountain name being Sekiyama and the main image being Shakyamuni Buddha. Compassion...

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