Best places: Place of worships in Oga, Japan

This towering, ancient wooden structure on Mount Haguro is accessible year-round via a hiking trail.

Prominent Buddhist temple with a museum, Noh stage & mausoleum with 12th-century mummified remains.

17th-century Zen temple famed for its painted sliding doors, with a cedar-lined path & prayer caves.

👍👍 I was planning to go to Yamadera (Rissshakuji), and when I was researching various things, I found out about this Tarumi site. I thought Tarumi was "sag", but it seems to read "sag". It's a so-called trainee (Yamabushi) place (training place), and you get a strange feeling. It takes about 15 minute...

A 15th-century Buddhist temple with a traditional garden known for spring blossoms & fall colors.

👍👍 2023年6月24日(土)に伺いました。 車で走っていると赤い大鳥居が目立つので直ぐに分かります。駐車場も結構広かったです。 様々な祈願ができ、境内も広く全体的にもとても落ち着く雰囲気がありました。 視覚的に癒されるポイントが幾つもあるので 見応えも十分あります。 こちらは様々な種類の御朱印の他にお守りは勿論 他...

👍 Along with Zao Daikokuten, the god of family safety and prosperous business, and Zao Daigongen, the god of perpetual youth and longevity, the Zao Jizoson is one of the three major gods of Zao, and is the god of fulfillment of all wishes.・It is enshrined about 100m east of Zao Sancho Station. It wa...

Tranquil Buddhist temple set in a vast garden by a rock-studded lake, framed by low hills.

Circa-19th-century Russian Orthodox church with dramatic night lighting & a bell tower.

Boasting Japan's largest wooden Buddhist sculpture, this landmark temple features a garden & pond.

👍👍 This place I've always wanted to visit. I was able to visit under wonderful conditions, with good weather during the peak of autumn leaves. Visited on Saturday, November 12, 2022, when the autumn leaves in the city had fallen to the village. The bright red maple trees were nearing their peak and re...

👍👍 The view of the autumn leaves from the top of the mountain was amazing! It was one of the best I've ever seen ✨ It has become a place I always want to go during the autumn leaves season ❗ Definitely recommended ✨

Storied hall on a forested hill, with river views & the wooden statue of a 12th-century warrior.

👍👍 You will be overwhelmed by the myriad stone Buddha statues carved on the rock surface. The faith of the common people's Buddha was transmitted to me. On the bulletin board of the parking lot, a leaflet of the Koshin festival in the town was posted. It has already ended on April 4th, but I was curio...

👍 This temple has the grave of Komahime, the daughter of Sengoku warlord Yoshimitsu Mogami and said to be the most beautiful woman in the eastern region. Komahime was asked by Toyotomi Hidetsugu to be his concubine, but as soon as they arrived in Kyoto, Hidetsugu was ordered to commit seppuku by Hidey...

👍👍 I suddenly came to another world from the city! A mysterious power spot that makes you think. If you come here, just take a deep breath !! Healing power comes in more and more. I also recommend the area near a large rock on the top of the mountain.