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  • Kakunodate Shinmeisha Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi Kakunodatemachi Iwase 117
    A Shinto shrine located in Iwase Kakunodate-machi, Semboku City. Dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami, the shrine is the guardian shrine of Kakunodate and, although there are various theories on the matter, it is said it was founded in the distant Azuchi-Momoyama period. The shrine is the location of the Kakunodate-matsuri festival, known for its traditional float battles designated a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and each year during the festival held for three days from September 7 to September 9, 18 traditional floats are pulled around the town and eventually bashed into each other. Performances of traditional Semboku Kitaura kagura shrine music and dancing are also held.

    角館の武家屋敷通りから南方に少し離れた場所にあるジンジャ・シュラインです。石段を登った高台によく手入れされた境内がありました。御朱印あります。

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  • Gozanoishi Shrine
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    Akita Pref. Sembokushi Nishikichouhinokinai Ainaigata 1
    Gozanoishi Shrine was founded in 1650 and received its name when the lord of the Akita Clan, Satake Yoshitaka, took a rest while visiting Lake Tazawa. It is famous for features such as the “Nanairogi (seven-color tree)” near the vermillion-lacquered torii gate that gave rise to seven varieties of trees; “Katagashira-no-reisen,” the spring that Princess Tatsuko is said to have drunk from that turned her into a dragon; and the “kagami ishi” stone that reflected her figure. It is on the shore of Lake Tazawa and offers beautiful scenery for visitors to marvel at. It is about an hour and 10 minutes by car from the Morioka Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.
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  • Ukiki-jinja Shrine
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    Akita Pref. Sembokushi Nishikichousaimyouji Katajiri
    15 minutes by car from Yatsu Station. A bare wood shrine with a modern feel located on the shore of Lake Tazawa in Saimyoji, Nishiki Town. The shrine’s proper name is the Kansagu. The shrine was named with Kansagu by Masudo Soshu, a retainer of Akita Domain, in 1769. Because of this fact, Lake Tazawa has come to be called Lake Kansa, as well as Lake Sako. The driftwood enshrined in the shrine resulted in its common nickname of Ukiki-jinja Shrine— “Driftwood Shrine.” The shrine building sticks out over Lake Tazawa, and nearby stands a figure of the legendary Tatsuko. The shrine is believed to provide luck with finding love and marriage and is visited by many women.
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  • Jitsugetsu Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi Nishikicho Kobuchino Hi Tsukida 54
  • Okura Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi Tazawako Okazaki Toriino 22-1
  • Kinpo Shrine (Hasuike Kannon)
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    Akita Senboku-shi Tazawako Umezawa Azumada
  • Obonai Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi Tazawako Obonai Miyanoshiro
  • Nakaobonai Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi Tazawako Obonai Nakaobonai
  • Dakigaeri Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi
  • Ikutamamuneto
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    Akita Prefecture Semboku Tazawa Tazawa Takaya 106
  • Takahashi Yayoi
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    Akita Senboku-shi Tazawako Obonai Ushizawa 23-11
  • Atago Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi
  • Kinho Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi
  • Tamagawa Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi
  • Hatomine Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi
  • Atago Shrine
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    Akita Senboku-shi
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