History / Culture / Tour Spots in Toba Area
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- Osatsu Ama Museum
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3.545 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou 1238
- The Osatsu Ama Museum allows guests to come in contact with the history and culture of Osatsu’s ama divers, and is full of many interesting things to see and do such as a diorama depicting the work done by ama in the past, displays of tools and work clothes, a simulation experience using tools to remove abalones from rock surfaces, as well as sculptures and paintings. It is also convenient as a base for sightseeing in Osatsu and also rents out bicycles.
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石神さん詣の駐車場で立ち寄り。 駐車場代は無料。顔ハメパネルもあったり中の展示物も楽しめる。となりにある立派な松（昇龍の松）は見応えあり。 有難うございました
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- Shinmei-jinja Shrine (Ishigami-san)
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou 1385
- A Shinto shrine located in Osatsu Town, famous for its ama female divers and fisherman. The small Shinto shrine located on the approach to the main shrine is locally known as “Ishigami-san.” The shrine is dedicated to the goddess Tamayori-hime. Since ancient times, ama female divers have come to the shrine to pray for safety and large catches. Due to this association, legend has it that the shrine will grant one wish to any woman who prays here. Women from all over the country come to visit the shrine. There is a shop and café housed inside a remodeled private home along the approach to the shrine which sells handmade tokoroten jelly noodles and souvenirs.
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- Irako Seihaku’s House
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3.515 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Toba 1-9-9
- This historic residence and medical clinic about three-minutes on foot from Toba Station is where poet Irako Seihaku passed his time in Toba from the Meiji Period until the early Showa Period. This covered 22 years, from when he was posted to Toba Town's Ohama in 1922 until he moved to what is now Taiki Town in Watarai County. The buildings that survive are the same as they were back then, giving visitors a chance to take in a simple wooden house from Japan's past. They also hold exhibitions related to Irako Seihaku that you can view at your leisure. There's a beautiful and soothing view from the second floor.
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鳥羽駅から徒歩5分程の場所にある詩人の伊良子清白の家です。日本各地を転々としたことから、漂泊の詩人と言われているという事です。 伊良子清白が23年間過ごした家が記念館になっていて、無料で入る事ができます。鳥羽の地に診療所を開業した家はしっかりと保存されており、見ることができ貴重な体験をさせて貰いました。
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- Toba Oo-shoya Kadoya
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4.09 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Toba 4-3-24
- Starting as oo-shoya in the late Edo period, this former Hirono family residence was converted into a pharmacy by the name of “Kadoya” until the Taisho period. The main building, built in 1825, was renovated as a place to educate people on Toba’s culture and traditions. There is a strong sense of the Edo period with medical documents and tools as well as other items left to give you a feel of daily life at that time. The first-floor room can be rented. The nearest train station is Nakanogo Station.
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Toba was our first port of call on a cruise from Yokohama. The Visitor Centre near the Marine Terminal provided us with a Toba Town Walks brochure; the furthest point (about 20 minutes), was the home...
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- Joan-ji Temple
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3.58 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Toba 2-12-3
- This Buddhist temple is located in 2-Chome Toba, Toba City. The temple was founded in 1607 after Kuki Moritaka remodeled the Daifuku-ji Temple to memorialize the passing of his father, Kuki Yoshitaka. Becoming the family temple of the Kuki clan, its grounds are the location of the graves of successive generations of Kuki clan members. The temple also owns a gong and stone lantern donated by Moritaka. In addition, the temple's inner study also famously accommodated Emperor Meiji when he stopped at Toba during the Satsuma Rebellion.
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鳥羽駅から徒歩15分ほど。 創建年不明。曹洞宗の寺院。1607年に九鬼守隆(鳥羽藩初代藩主)が父・嘉隆を弔うために伽藍を建立し、現寺号に改称。本尊は釈迦如来座像。本堂は木造瓦葺きで1993年に屋根を修復。かつての鬼瓦が鐘楼近くに安置されている。西南戦争の際に明治天皇が奥書院に宿泊されており、境内入口には「明治天皇鳥羽行在所」と彫られた石碑が立てられている。
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- Ama House Gozaya
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5.05 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou Shinmei Shrine entrance 1406
- This is a veritable “ocean library” that has a collection of books, picture books, and photo collections based on the theme of ama (professional women divers) and the ocean. The rest area Ama-no-Kataribeya where one can hear the stories of the ama and make tokoroten (gelidium jelly strips) and the Ama House Gozaya shop are a shop and rest area made of a remodeled old home. In the shop are products based on the theme of the ocean as well as products that pack in the goodness of Toba, and they also carry incense that is a collaboration with Kyoto’s long-established incense shop Shoyeido.
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神明神社の参拝後に、休息がてらに立ち寄りました。 一階が海女関連の商品を販売、二階が喫茶店です。 私も知人達全員、珈琲を注文したのですが 各々器が異なっています。 柄を楽しみながら珈琲を味わいました。
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- Boncho-ji Temple
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3.05 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Osatsucho 1241
- "This Buddhist temple is located in Osatsu-cho, Toba City. The temple was founded some 700 years ago on the order of Emperor Go-Daigo. The temple's principal object of worship is an 11-headed Kanzeon Bodhisattva statue; the temple also possesses 600 scrolls written with the text of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra which have been designated a Cultural Property by the city. An ancient sago palm over 700 years old, known as the ""Choju Sotetsu"" (""Long Life Palm""), also stands on the grounds."
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石神さんへ参詣した途中にあった寺院でした。ついで参りで失礼でしたが、余りにも綺麗に清掃が行き届いた寺院だったのでつい、お参りを。立派な蘇鉄が境内に繁っている寺院です。ここは約７００年ほど前に後醍醐天皇の勅願で建立された寺院です。臨済宗南禅寺派の寺院。蘇鉄の樹齢も約７００年とか・・・。
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- Shima-no-kuni Ichinomiya Isawa-jinja Shrine
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- Mie Toba Arashimacho 1020
- Listed as one of the grand shrines in the Heian period Engi-shiki registry, this Shinto shrine is also known as “Kaburako Daimyojin” and “Shima Daimyojin.” Once the highest ranking shrine of Shima Province, this renowned shrine is still visited by great numbers of worshippers today. Dedicated to the Three Goddesses of Toba, the shrine is believed to grant luck in finding love and marriage.
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- Toba Sea-Folk Museum
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Mie Toba Uramuracho Oyoshi 1731-68
- You’ll find this museum in Uramura Town, Toba City, Mie Prefecture. It collects, stores, and exhibits materials that focus on people’s relationship with the sea. You’ll find over 60,000 items that cover everything from ships to woman divers, fishing gear, and documents related to fishing methods. 6,879 of these items have been designated National Important Tangible Cultural Properties. The repository that houses 80 wooden boats is especially amazing. It was designed by Hiroshi Naito and won the Prize of AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan), and it was chosen as one of the Top 100 Public Building Designs as well. The facility offers crafting experiences, wildlife observation, and a range of other activities.
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- Saimyoji Temple
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4.02 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Adakocho 191
- This Buddhist temple stands on Prefectural Route 47 in Adako-cho, Toba City. Records state it was built by Hojo Tokiyori, fifth regent of the Kamakura shogunate, and the temple is known for its strong ties to Kamakura. In recent years, the temple holds interesting programs, such as the Tera de Cafe program (advance reservation required), in which you can enjoy a cup of tea while chatting with the head priest.
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観光地ではありませんので、行く必要はないと思います。隣の畔蛸神社は入れますが、このお寺は入ることができません。でも、口コミではお抹茶体験もできると書いてありますので、タイミングが悪かったのかもしれません。
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- Hikotaki Daimyojin Shrine
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Kouchichou
- This Shinto shrine’s principal object of worship is a figure of a white snack considered one of the Three Goddesses of Toba. The Shrine is popularly known as “Hikotaki-san.” A lovely river flows alongside the approach to the shrine and continues on into its grounds. Past the torii gate lie the upper reaches of the clear stream, and an elegant sacred rope hangs over its waters. The shrine is believed to grant benefits such as alleviating women’s ailments and safe childbirth.
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- Kuki Yoshitaka's Kubizuka and Dozuka
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- Mie Pref. Tobashi Toushichou Japanese furniture
- These tombs contain the separated head and torso of Kuki Yoshitaka, who served as a navy general in the Sengoku period. He was born in Shima in 1542 and served under Oda Nobunaga. He distinguished himself by suppressing the Nagashima riots and earned the right to build a castle in Toba and was granted a stipend of 35,000 koku (crop yields) from Ise and Shima. After Nobunaga’s death, he served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and oversaw the Kii Channel, Kumano Sea, and Ise Bay. He allied with Ishida Mitsunari in the Battle of Sekigahara and lost, and committed suicide in 1602 on Toshi-jima Island. His son Moritaka buried his head and torso in the tomb.
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- Hachiman-jinja Shrine
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Prefecture Toba City
- Hachiman-jinja Shrine is located at the entrance of Toshi Fishing Port. Hachiman Festival held over three days from January 17th to 19th on the Lunar calendar is the largest festival in Toshi Town. Various local groups show dances and performances such as archery rituals and amateur local performances. At the entrance connected with the vermilion-colored Hachiman Bridge, a monument with a poem written about Toshi Island by Kakinomoto Hitomaro has been built. You can see that it has been recognized as an island with abundant seafood and scenic beauty since that time.
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- Ichibe-jinja Shrine
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Arashimachou 1075-113 Maritame in the Sky in Maritime Haiyuen
- This shrine is located in the courtyard of the Hotel Maritime in Toba City, Mie Prefecture. According to legend, it was built when a local fisherman encountered trouble at sea in 1828. He was saved by a dragon that swooped down and left him on the boulder where the shrine now stands. Honoring a god of victory or defeat, it's often visited by athletes, politicians, and celebrities who consider it a place to draw spiritual energy. The hotel's front desk sells amulets and slips of paper for making wishes and it's said that the faster your paper dissolves in the shrine's sacred water, the sooner your wish will come true.
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- Ura-jinja Shrine
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Pref. Tobashi Uramurachou 148
- This shrine in Toba City, Mie Prefecture is famous for the boon of being beneficial to the eyes and is known locally as Ura-no-Gongen-San. It's primary object of worship is a stone outcrop that's over 99 feet high, and a variety of impressively large trees grow in the shrine's environs. Many come here to visit the Eyewash Spring which flows by the small shrine to the left of the main sanctuary. From ages past legend has said that drinking from it will improve eye ailments. The sanctuary enshrines Azumiwake-no-Mikoto, a local guardian deity who was believed to improve women's milk production in times of little food.
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- Isawa-jinja Shrine
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Arashimacho 1020
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- Gankozan Kozoji Temple
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Kochicho 539
- This Buddhist temple is located in Kouchi-cho, Toba City. The ancient temple was built as the inner sanctuary of the Kongo Shoji Temple on top of Mt. Asama and is also known for its ties to the great monk Kukai. The current main temple building was built in 1561 and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. Enshrining a statue of Hariti, goddess of childbirth and children, the temple is said to grant worshippers divine aid in raising children.
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- Military Observation Tower Ruins
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Kamishimacho
- "This historic structure is located in Kamijima-cho, Toba City. The tower was used by the former Japanese Army for visual confirmation of the impact of artillery fired from Irago. Situated on the east side of the outlying island of Kamishima, famously used as a setting in Yukio Mishima's novel ""The Sound of Waves,"" the tower appears in the novel's climax."
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- Yatsushiro Shrine
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Kamishimacho 1
- "This Shinto shrine is located in Kamijima-cho, Toba City on the outlying island of Kamishima, famously used as a setting in Yukio Mishima's novel ""The Sound of Waves."" Just when the shrine was founded is not clear. The shrine stands at the top of over 200 stone steps. A portion of the shrine's treasures are registered as National Important Cultural Properties as the Ise Kamishima Festival Relics. The Geh-tah Matsuri, a distinctly unusual festival, is held at the shrine on New Year's Day."
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- Sanuki Kotohira-gu Toba Bunsha
- Travel / Tourism
- Mie Toba Toba 2-12-20
- This Shinto shrine is located in 2-Chome Toba, Toba City. One of the branch shrines of Kotohira-gu Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture, the shrine stands near the top of Mt. Hinoyama. Dedicated to Omononushi-no-Kami and Emperor Sutoku, the shrine is a shrine of maritime safety. Visitors can also enjoy a view of Toba Bay from the shrine's grounds.
Mie Areas
Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.
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