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According to the shrine’s history, it originates from when the sacred spirit of Kasuga Taisha Shrine...

This is a branch temple of the Jodo Shin Sect Otani School Higashi Honganji Temple in Kyoto. It was ...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Hikokunifuki no Mikoto. If you go through the entrance gate an...

It is officially called Kaimonsan Mangetsuji Temple and is a temple of the Rinzai Sect Daitokuji Sch...

This is a subordinate shrine in the precinct of Ono Shrine. Ono no Takamura, a poet as well as an ex...

This shrine is located approximately 400 meters southwards outside of the precinct of Ono shrine. On...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Oyamazumi no Mikoto who is known as the deity born to Izanagi ...

Fujiwara no Tabiko is enshrined as the deity of the shrine. Tabiko was born in this place and became...

Ono no Imoko is enshrined in this shrine located on the Karausuyama Burial Mound. Imoko was reported...

Amatarashihiko Kunioshihito no Mikoto and Taganetsuki no O-omi no Mikoto who were ancestors of the O...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Susano-o no Mikoto. According to the shrine’s history, it orig...

This temple was reportedly established in 859 by Monk Soo of Enryakuji Temple, the founder of the Te...

The origin of this shrine is reportedly from when Monk Soo from Enryakuji Temple built Myooin Shrine...

This Tendai Sect temple is located at the foot of Mt. Myoken. It was reportedly founded by Jikaku Da...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Emperor Ojin. It originates from when the sacred sprit of Muku...

It is located to the east of the Shishitobibashi Bridge in a quiet place surrounded by mountains on ...

According to the shrine’s records, it originates from Nakatomi no Murajikane, the Minister of the Ri...

It is enshrined at the top of Sekinotsu no Oka Hill. The deity enshrined in this shrine is Takeminak...

It is one of the five branches of Miidera Temple. It is also called Takakannon and the 4th stop on S...

It is a temple related to Fujiwara no Hidesato famous for the extermination of the gigantic centiped...

It was reportedly founded by Chisho Daishi, the founder of the Tendaijimon Sect in 862, and was conv...

It is a Jodo Sect temple built in 1532 by Sainen, a monk, in the place where Fujiwara no Hidesato’s ...

It is a temple located ahead of 800 stone steps on the mountainside of Mt. Tachiki looking over Shis...

It was reportedly founded by Priest Enkai in 876, in the Heian Period [between the late 8th and 12th...

It is the temple belonging to the Tendaijimon Sect located near the summit of Mt. Tanakami, and its ...

Four deities are enshrined in this shrine: Honda Tadatoshi, Honda Tadatsugu, Honda Yasutoshi, and Ho...

Two deities, Kagutsuchi no Mikoto and Okuninushi no Mikoto are enshrined in this shrine. The hill on...

It is also called Kosho Sosei Daijingu Shrine. It was originally located in the premises of the offi...

From here towards the lakeside, there was the site where Sawagura, Hikone Domain feudal lord’s resid...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Ebisu no Mikoto. It is located in an alley between private hou...

It is also known as Akatsuka Daimyojin, as it is located on top of the Akatsuka Burial Mound. As the...

It is a hall which Chisho Daishi Enchin, the restorer of Miidera Temple, founded during the Gangyo E...

Enshrining Emperor Ojin as its deity, this shrine is located halfway up Mt. Usa to the west of Omi J...

The three deities enshrined in this shrine are Okuninushi no Mikoto, Tanaka Tsuneyo and Daidoji Taba...

This shrine has been worshipped as the tutelary of Hiratsumura village since ancient times. The sacr...

It is located halfway up Mt. Nagara, and Takehaya Susano no Mikoto is enshrined in the main hall wit...

It is located on the top of Mt. Dainich, and there is currently neither chief priest nor temple guar...

It is located in the forest called Terabe no Mori at the south foot of Mt. Garan where temple buildi...

Although it is currently a temple belonging to the Jodo Sect, according to the temple’s records, it ...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Kibi no Makibi, the Minister of the Right, a government offici...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Emperor Kobun [also known as Prince Otomo], which is the same ...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Emperor Kobun [also known as Prince Otomo]. According to the s...

The deity enshrined in this shrine is Hondawake no Mikoto [also known as Emperor Ojin]. It is said t...

This is Shinozu Shrine. It has been worshipped as the local deity of Nakanosho Village. The year of ...

This is Karasaki Shrine. It is one of the auxiliary shrines of Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine. It was reporte...

This is Sekisemimaru Shrine. It is believed to have been founded as a tutelary deity of Osaka checki...

This is Shohoji Temple. It was built on the mountainside of Mt. Iwama with an elevation of 443 meter...

This is Wada Shrine. According to the shrine’s history, it was founded in 675 and enshrines Takaokam...

Zeze Shrine is said to be the creation of the Nara period. In the Middle Ages, reverence from variou...

Iwai shrine is said to have been founded around the time of Emperor Tenji. The enshrined deities are...

Emperor Kanmu is the venerable maritime transport god for the Tenson shrine, and it is famous for th...

The Ōmi-jingū Shrine has Emperor Tenji as the Main Enshrined God. In order to celebrate Emperor Tenj...

Located at about 500 meters east of Seta’s stone Bridge. It is called to be Omi Ichinomiya, on...

Until the middle of the Edo period there was a small mound where Kiso Yoshinaka was buried, but Mats...

The head temple of Tendai-ji Monshū Secte. The official name is Nagarayama Onjū-ji. It was built as ...

It was built in the middle Edo period by Gizui Oshō as ritsu in of the Miidera. Since then it turned...

Jūhachimyōjin is the deity who protects the garan (Sanskrit: Sangharama), the monastery, the place w...

Bimyōji is one the five separated temples of Miidera complex. These separated temples were built in ...

Myogon-In is a priests’ temple quarters in the South part of the Miidera Temple. It has been r...

Honjuin is a priest’s temple quarters belonging to Nanin temple in the Miidera temple, restore...

The Hoju-in belongs to the Nanin Temple of the Miidera Temple, and it used to be called Saigakubo. I...

It was built in 1040 (1st year of Keichū Era) by Myōson Daisōshō and it is one of the Gobessho templ...

The head temple, Ishiyamadera Temple (Shingon sect), owns temple grounds on the foot of the Garanyam...

When Tōson Shimazaki was 20 years old, in the 26th year of the Meiji Era (1893), he stayed for about...

Around the center of the big slope (stone steps) is the Ryūzō Gongensha which is built facing the ea...

It is said that Vairocana’s incarnation is the guardian deity of the Ishiyamadera temple and r...

The Hachidairyūōsha Shrine is located in a place that is further away from the Muyūen from the Tōdai...