Shrine Spots in Mito / Kasama Area

  • Kasama Inari Jinja
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    4.0
    141 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 1
    Located in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, this shrine has long been the object of adoration for the god of rich harvest and mercantile success. Considered to be one of Japan’s Top Three Inari Shrines, it hosts 3.5 million visitors every year, and is one of the prefecture’s best spots for New Year’s worship. A number of religious ceremonies like yabusame and bugaku are performed during the “Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival” held in autumn.

    I was here with a cruise ship shore excursion April 28. This wa a restful place to be after the crowds and noise of other venues during Golden Week, the time of the Emperor abdication/ coronation...

  • Tokiwa Jinja Shrine
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    3.5
    119 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Tokiwachou 1-3-1
    "A Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second lord of Mito Domain and star character in the fictionalized popular historical television drama ""Mito Komon;"" and Tokugawa Nariaki, the ninth lord of Mito Domain and a man considered one of the great intelligences of the closing days of the Edo period. The origins of the shrine date back to a small lay ancestral hall built on the grounds of Kairakuen Park in the early Meiji period by parishioners who idolized the two lords. Exhibits on Mitogaku, a school Japanese history and Shinto studies which emerged in Mito domain; as well as articles which belonged to Mitsukuni and Nariaki; calligraphy by the two men; and other historical items are displayed in the Giretsukan museum on the shrine's grounds."

    Tokiwa Shrine is located in Mito. It is easy to go from Mito Station. The shrine was built in Meiji era and is dedicated to Mito -Koumon. There are four kinds of shrines on the grounds in addition...

  • Hitachinokuni Izumo Taisha Shrine
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    Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Fukuhara 2006
    About a seven-minute walk from Fukuhara Station on the JR Mito Line, Hitachinokuni Izumo Taisha is a shrine for worshipping mainly the Okuninushi, dedicated in 1992. There is the main hall where the presiding god sits in repose, as well as the Yakushin Shrine for medical needs and Ryujya Shrine for protection from water. The grounds include multiple cemeteries—even a pet cemetery—for religious and funeral ceremonies, as well as a restaurant serving Inaniwa udon, a glass studio— “Izumokan,” and an art gallery— “Sakurabayashi-kan.”
  • Toshogu Shrine
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    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Miyamachi 2-5-13
    "A Shinto shrine dedicated to the mighty shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu which was erected in 1621 by Tokugawa Yorifusa, the first lord of Mito Domain. Today, Yorifusa himself is also enshrined here. The shrine owns many precious historical artefacts connected to the Tokugawa clan, including a copper lantern donated by Yorifusa, a temple bell known as the Tokiwayama Jisho which was caste on the order of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, and an ancient horse-drawn tank called the ""Anjinsha"" invented by Tokugawa Nariaki."
  • Yoshida Shrine
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Mito Miyauchicho 3193-2

    梅まつり中の偕楽園を訪れる前に参拝しました。 3月の9時頃でしたので人もおらず、ゆっくり参拝出来ました。 拝殿の手前にご祭神の日本武尊のご神徳がこもった願掛石が。一つ手に取り拝殿に参拝。 また違った季節に訪れたいと思います。

  • Gokoku Shrine
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    4.0
    28 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Migawa 1-chome 2-1

    市街地から離れた場所にある神社からか、ゆっくりと時間が流れるような空気をまとう神社。休日であっても訪れる人は多くなく、境内を散策しながら静かに時間を過ごすことが出来る。偕楽園内の桜山に位置するからか、春には境内の桜が見頃を迎える。 護国神社の名の通り、幕末から戦時中の戦没者が合祀されており、いくつかの鎮魂碑を見ることが出来る。戦争が終わり既に長い年月が経過し、それらの石碑もどうか長い幾年平和であり...

  • Shukyohojinkaiten Shrine
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Matsumotochou 13-33

    回天神社はJR水戸駅から徒歩45分くらいのところ桂岸寺、保和苑の近くにある神社です。幕末の動乱、安政の大獄、桜田門外の変、天狗党の乱、会津戦争などの国事に殉じた水戸藩士を中心とした志士を祀る神社とのことです。近くには水戸殉難志士の墓があります。歴史、神社仏閣に興味がある方にお勧めのスポットです。

  • Inada Shrine
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Kasama-shi Inada 768-1

    近隣の観光スポットとあわせて訪問いたしました。立派な神社ではありましたが、ここだけ目的にするほどはなかったです。

  • Mito Hachimangu Shrine
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Hachimancho
  • Kodo Kashima Shrine
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Sannomaru 1-6-4
  • Atago Shrine (Mito)
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Atagocho 10-5
  • Mimimori Shrine
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    Ibaraki Pref. Omitamashi Kurimatashika 2051
  • Toko Shrine
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Tokiwacho 1-chome 3
  • Atago Shrine
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    Ibaraki Kasama-shi Izumi 102
  • Tateno Shrine
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Yatsucho 899
  • Kasahara Shrine Office
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Bunkyo 2-5-21
  • Kamado Shrine Office
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Honcho 1-1-17
  • Senba Shrine
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    Ibaraki Mito-shi Senbacho 503
  • Tensho Shline
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    Ibaraki Kasama Shimogo 3198
  • Yasakajinjiya Shrine
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    Ibaraki Kasama Kasama 344-2

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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