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  • Bishamon-do Temple
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    4.5
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    Iwate Pref. Hanamakishi Touwachoukitanarushima 5-1
    A mixed Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple located a short drive from the Towa Interchange on the Kamaishi Expressway in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture. The temple's statue of Vaisravana is believed to have been created in the mid-Heian period to protect the northern side of the area; standing 4.73-meter-tall, the statue is made of a single piece of Japanese zelkova and is the largest of its kind in Japan. This statue has also been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The Bishamondo hall has similarly been designated an Important Cultural Property and the hipped roof building is an excellent example of Muromachi period architecture. During golden week each year, the temple holds the Bishamon Festival.

    ここの毘沙門堂だけを見るのではなく、この地域一帯の歴史建造物を見ることで、東北の歴史に触れることができます。ちなみに、乳児・幼児の健やかな成長を祈って行われる「泣き相撲」で有名な場所でもあります。

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  • Shinshoji Temple
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    3.5
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    Iwate Hanamaki-shi Ishigami Cho 389
    A Buddhist temple about a five-minute drive from Hanamaki-Minami Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. It is said that the temple was built by Nanbu Masamitsu in 1394. It was also Miyazawa Kenji's family temple, and his grave is there along with tombs of the Miyazawa clan. Through this connection with him, it's considered a powerful place for students wishing to improve academically and pray for passing examinations. It's also a well-known cherry blossom spot with numerous weeping cherry trees around the precincts.

    日蓮宗の身延山の別院です。5月初め枝垂れ桜の景観は見事に毎年ご覧になれます。 毎月1日は一日参りが開催されております。

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  • Jokenji Temple
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    Iwate Pref. Tonoshi Tsuchibuchichoutsuchibuchi 7-50
    This is a temple of the Soto school (of Zen Buddhism) that was established in 1490. 3.5-meter statues of the two guardian Deva kings flank the main temple gate. It is also known as the kappa komainu (kappa guardian dog) temple based on a legend that kappa (a mythical water-dwelling creature) that lived in the river to the south of the temple once helped extinguish a fire at the temple and became komainu (a guardian lion-dog).
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  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple
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    Iwate Hanamaki-shi Ota 21-5-1
    A Tendai Buddhist temple located a 24-minute drive from Hanamaki Station on the Tohoku Main Line in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture. The temple was founded to pray for Sakanoue no Tamuramaro in 807 and is considered one of Japan's three Kiyomizu temples. The temple is also the first temple on the Oshu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and the Togoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. The temple's principal object of worship is an eleven-faced statue of Kannon kept in the Kannondo hall. Other highlights include the Deva gate, which enshrines the statue of Kannon which is on the Togoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage; the Jigansuido hall, which is said to miraculously heal eye diseases; and a Japanese cedar split into four trunks which is said to bless worshippers with children.
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  • Hodohora Konsei-sama
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    Iwate Tono-shi Tonocho 2-chiwari 91
    A sub-shrine on the grounds of Hodohora Inari-jinja Shrine that honors a Shinto fertility god. Since it is located in the hills behind Tono High School, you need to climb a trail through the woods for about 15 minutes to reach it. Tradition says it was built by the Asonuma clan. It has nine phallic symbols carved of stone and another nine carved of wood. They are said to symbolize fertility and family prosperity. It's believed that a visit here will bless the worshiper with children and make her immune from women's diseases.
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  • Fukusenji Temple
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    Iwate Tono-shi Matsuzakicho Komagi 7-57
    A Shingon Buddhist temple that was founded in 1912. Its eleven-faced wooden image of the Bodhisattva Kannon is 17 meters in high, making it the largest wooden Buddhist statue in Japan. The grounds of the temple are large enough to visit by car. There are multiple must-sees at the entrance, including a Ryugumon Gate, a Niomon Gate with statues of Nio guardians, an Inari Shrine, a Jizo Hall, a two-storied pagoda, a Bishamon Hall, and a five-storied Pagoda. Famous for cherry blossoms and colorful autumn leaves, the place attracts many visitors to enjoy the beautiful seasonal scenery.
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  • Yamazaki no Konsei-sama
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    Iwate Tono-shi Tsuchibuchicho Tochinai 16-chiwari
    A Shinto shrine on a mountainside about 12 kilometers southwest of JR Tono Station. Konsei-sama is a Shinto god worshiped in the Tono region who is thought to bestow children and good harvests. The god makes an appearance in the Legends of Tono. The shrine contains a roughly 1. 5-meter phallic symbol made of stone. It is said that polishing it with a scrub brush will reward the worshiper with children, alleviate feminine discomfort, etc. While it was lost for a period, it was discovered during construction in recent times and re-enshrined. The Konsei Festival is held annually on May 5th.
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  • Andonmaturi
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    Iwate Pref. Hanamakishi Ohasamamachiohasama Dai3chiwari
  • Tono Festival
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    Iwate Tono-shi Matsuzakicho Shiraiwa 23-19
  • Nambutaueodori
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    Iwate Pref. Tonoshi Chuoudori
  • Hayachineotugunaikagura
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    Iwate Pref. Hanamakishi Ohasamamachiuchikawame Dai39chiwari
  • Koshoji Temple
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    Iwate Kesen-gun Sumitacho
  • Korinji Temple
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    Iwate Hanamaki-shi Ishidoriyacho Nakaterabayashi
  • Shogyoin
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    Iwate Pref. Hanamakishi Kajimachi 8-15
  • Jourakuji Temple
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    Iwate Tono-shi Otomocho 33-9
  • Zuio In
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    Iwate Tono-shi Daikucho 1-3
  • Saikyoji Temple
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    Iwate Tono-shi Matsuzakicho Komagi 13-24
  • Chionji Temple
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    Iwate Tono-shi Shinmachi 1-34
  • Manzoji Temple
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    Iwate Kesen-gun Sumitacho Setamai Motomachi
  • Yakushido
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    Iwate Hanamaki-shi Towacho Tase
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A northern Tohoku prefecture promising peace and quiet, Iwate is sparsely populated, replacing people with snow-capped mountains, history-rich sites, and fields of crops that are to thank for the region’s delicious local cuisine. Meander along the three-city Golden Route, where you’ll visit the grand Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi and the Tono folk villages before tasting the three famed noodle dishes of Morioka.

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