Uesugi Shrine is one of the most popular tourist spots in Yamagata Prefecture. It is a 10-minute bus ride from JR Yonezawa Station, and a 5-minute walk from Uesugi Shrine. In 1887, Sengoku Daimyo Uesugi...
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Motsuuji Temple, located in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is a Tendai sect temple with its main image of Yakushi Nyorai statue, and is said to have been founded in 850 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin. ...
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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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Iwate is one of the 100 most famous mountains in Japan that Iwate boasts. Mt. Iwate is also known as Iwate Fuji, and is a symbolic presence for Iwate Prefecture. The spectacular view of the mountain can be viewed from Morioka City, and...
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Azuma Kofuji, one of the volcanic groups in the Azuma Mountains Azuma Kofuji is one of the volcanic groups in the Azuma Mountains, which have a long mountain range in Fukushima Prefecture. Around the area are horseshoe-shaped caldera terrain and the mysterious Goshikiumazu...
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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 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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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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Lake Tazawa is the deepest lake in Japan Lake Tazawa is the deepest lake in Japan, located in Senboku City, Akita Prefecture. The area is 25.8 square kilometers, the 19th largest in Japan, so the lake is...
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Genbikei, the name of Date Masamune as a scenic spot within the domain Genbikei is a valley located in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. It spans two kilometers on both sides of the Iwai River that flows from Mt. Kurikoma, and features rough rock surfaces such as strange rocks and strange rocks...
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