Best places: Religions in Sano, Japan

Well-known gate at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, featuring intricately carved reliefs with colorful paint.

Opulent 17th-century shrine complex honoring the first shogun & featuring colorful buildings & art.

Buddhist temple & mausoleum from 1653, with ornately decorated gates, statues & halls.

Founded in 473 BCE, this Shinto shrine sits in a park with numerous cherry trees, a zoo & museum.

Peaceful, ancient Shinto shrine featuring a corridor of wind chimes, elaborate carvings & festivals.

Shrine adorned with colorful carvings at the foot of Mount Hodo, with nearby ropeway to the summit.

Mountain-top Shinto shrine with precinct & gardens, dating from the 8th century.

👍👍 We arrived pretty close to opening and I am glad because when we left, the car line waiting to get up to parking was extremely long! This was a beautiful temple with many areas to get gorgeous photos! They even had photo spots for dogs which I am always excited to see! There were many ADORABLE babie...

Striking, scarlet-colored Shinto shrine on a hilltop, frequented by couples & illuminated at night.

Buddhist site from 1450, known for reflecting surrounding maple trees in its highly polished floors.

Ages-old temple surrounded by a moat & famed for a large ginkgo tree with golden leaves in fall.

👍👍 全国にある一言主神社の総本社は、奈良県の葛城一言主神社（かつらぎひとことぬしじんじゃ）です。 809年(大同四年)に葛城一言主神社より一言主神を迎え創建されました。創建の地は現社地の西方にあるそうです。 御祭神である一言主大神は我々の持つ「言葉」の力を司る大神であり、言行一致の神様とされ、何事も道理をわ...

👍👍 After I parked my car at Gyoda City Hall, I could walk around the city slowly in about 20 minutes. (There was a parking lot in front of Hachiman Shrine, but there was a parking lot congestion on the road, so if you can walk around the city, you should stop at Gyoda City Hall and head for it.) When...

👍👍 #Japan Seven Shrine Inari Shrine Crown Inari Shrine is one of the seven Inari shrines in Japan. The worship hall and the main hall are very vivid and beautiful with vermillion colors. The engraving is also very nice. On the west wall of the main hall, there are the "Kokei Sansho" carving, the north...

👍👍 Honestly, a quiz? Quiz shrine? No big deal I was thinking. Immediately after entering the narrow road on the right side of the track There is a parking lot. Is it normal from the entrance of the guardian dog? When you walk to First, the nursery center on your right The park on your left. This park...

👍👍 The Inari shrine was very prosperous in the Edo period, but the times have changed and the number of worshipers has decreased and it has become a little deserted. Is it because of Mr. Ogiku, who is working hard to bring back the bustle to such a shrine? It's a shrine that's getting more and more be...

👍 A 20-minute walk from Shin-Maebashi Station on the JR Joetsu Line and Ryomo Line, Soja Shrine is a shrine dedicated to the gods of Joetsu, located in Motosojamachi, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. Also known as Ueno Kokuso Shrine ⁡ ● Company name: Sosha Shrine ● Address: 1-31-45 Motosojamachi, Mae...

👍👍 宇都宮の多気山の中腹に位置し 弘仁13年に日光開山勝道上人の 弟子尊鎮法師により創建😯 以前🤔日光大猷院廟に参拝時に 我輩の護本尊は不動明王であり 知人に方位除けをしなさいと 言われてから今回で3度目の 参拝である🧐 茶屋のある駐車場から意気揚々と歩き🤗綺麗な紫陽花を 観ながら本堂を目指す🤓 この多気山不動尊に...