shrines and temples

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 is Dewa Sanzan...

NEFT Editorial Department2016.09.14

Shrines and temples

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

Chusonji, located in Hiraizumi-cho, Nishiiwai-gun, Iwate Prefecture, is the head temple of the Tendai sect of Tohoku. It is the Oshu 33 Kannon number outside temple, and the name of the mountain is Sekizan (Ka...

NEFT Editorial Department2016.09.12