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  • Iga Ueno Castle
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    Mie Pref. Igashi Uenomarunouchi 106
    This castle is also called the Hakuho (white phoenix) castle as the white shining walls of this three-story castle look almost like a phoenix resting its wings. Distinguished castle designer Todo Takatora, who took up the position of feudal lord of Tsu Domain, Ise Province originally built a five-story castle keep but it was destroyed during a great storm in 1612. The current castle keep was restored in 1935. The beautiful stone walls with a height of 30 meters as well as the inner moat remain as they were at the time when Takatora designed them, and the castle was designated as a national historic site in 1967, while the castle keep was designated as an Iga City Tangible Cultural Property in 1985.

    A bit of a steep hike up to the castle but worth the effort. The view from the third floor windows is spectacular of the city and surrounding area. Many oif the exhibits have English texts but...

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  • Hinjitsukan
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    Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichouchaya 566-2
    The Hinjitsukan was erected in 1887 for honored guests worshiping at Ise Jingu shrine to use for resting and lodging. Numerous notable personages have stayed here, including Empress Eisho, mother of Emperor Meiji, and Emperor Taisho. A nationally designated Important Cultural Property, visitors can observe elegant traditional Japanese architecture here, including a 120 tatami mat reception hall with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, the Wajima lacquered tokonoma alcove in the Gotennoma hall, and a strolling garden with central pond.

    About halfway down the Meotoiwa Front Approach road this former guesthouse built in 1887 is definitely worth a visit. As I understood it the first guests around that time were members of the Imperial...

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  • Naiku Kaguraden
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    Mie Ise-shi Ujitachicho 1
    This hall for traditional kagura music and dance performances is located in the Naiku (inner shrine) area of the Ise Jingu shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami. The gabled, hipped roofed building stands midway along the shrine road leading from Ujibashi Bridge to the Shogu main shrine, and here visitors can purchase protective amulets and receive blessings. The grand kagura performances held at Ise Jingu are said to be the entertainment of the gods and have been held as Shinto rituals since ancient times. During the Edo period, it was extremely popular to make the pilgrimage to Ise Jingu, and it is said one in every six people in the country had visited the shrine at least once. And it was the grand kagura performances the shrine held which most attracted pilgrims during this time. According to tradition, today the prayers of shrine visitors continue to be conveyed to the gods through these performances.

    伊勢神宮内宮にある立派な御殿です。正月だからか三重県産の酒樽が多数積まれていました。お清めの意味があるのだと思いますがなかなか壮観でした。

  • Nose-less Ebisu Statue
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    Mie Shima-shi Hamajimacho Hamajima 681
    This statue of the god Ebisu is located on the grounds of Ebisu Shrine in Hamajima, Hamajima-cho, Shima City. Depicted seated on a rock with a great smile, among local fishermen it is said that cutting off the statue's nose and carrying it as an amulet will bring one luck in arriving early at fishing grounds. A Shinto ritual is held in front of the statue during New Year's each year in which participants laugh for the first time in the new year.

    宿の観光案内サービスで連れていって貰いました。ふくよかでおおらかな恵比寿様の鼻は欠けていましたが、お祭りの時は修復されるそうです。参拝者はご利益があると石で欠いて持ち帰るそうです。恵比寿像の前からの風景が綺麗でした。

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  • Natsumi Temple ruins/Natsumi Temple Ruin Museum
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    Mie Nabari-shi Natsumi 2759
    This is a nationally designated historical site and museum located in Nabari Central Park in Nabari City, Nabari Prefecture, and is the site of a temple built between the late 7th and early 8th centuries. The exhibition hall displays excavated artifacts, a reconstruction of a Buddha, and other materials.

    名張市は県境の町。奈良県に接し、京都府や滋賀県にも近い。昔から交流があったはずだがエリアを越えた文化的な交流は今は寂しい。 壬申の乱など一連の殺し合う一族の争いは一帯の山野に及んだはずであるが、夏見の寺の存在も塼(せん)仏という作法もほとんど知らなかった。この時代は混乱は仏教だけではなかったはず。 夏見廃寺を知ったのは2021年7月6日の報道。奈良県橿原考古学研究所の「毛原廃寺の発掘」。 大規模...

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  • Harada Jiro Estate
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    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Tonomachi 1290
    Designated as a Matsusaka City Designated Tangible Property in 2010, the Harada Jiro Estate is located in an area called Doshin Town, which is where the homes of warriors serving in the magistrate office for the Kishu han Matsusaka domain homes once stood side by side. The former residence and its premises were donated to Matsusaka City from the Harada Sekizenkai Foundation, and after making preparations over a three-year period, it was opened to the public from 2012.
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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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  • Kagiya no Tsuji Historic Site Park
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    Mie Iga-shi Otacho 1338
  • Samurai Residence: Residence of the Irimajiri Family
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    Mie Iga-shi Uenoaioicho 2828
    This residence was granted to Irimajiri Kanpei by the local domain when he changed residences during the Kansei era (1789-1800). The only extant samurai residence in the prefecture, the estate still retains its distinctive long nagayamon gate. The grounds encompass a main building and the gate, as well as a dozo storehouse, front building, and teahouse with a round window, and the general public may enter and view this real former samurai residence. Tree peonies have been planted in a space used as a field behind the residence, and even today the estate is one of the most well-known destinations for viewing tree peony blossoms in Iga.
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  • Nomura Ichirizuka
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    Mie Kameyama-shi Nomura
    "This designated National Historic Site stands on the old Tokaido highway in Nomura, Kameyama City. During the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate government placed distance markers along major highways every ""ri"" (approximately 3.927 kilomters) starting at the Nihonbashi bridge; this particular marker is the only extant example in the prefecture. A 400-year-old muku tree grows on top of the distance marker's mound."
  • Shichiri no Watashi Remains
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    Mie Kuwana-shi Higashi Senbacho
    "This historic site stands on the old Tokaido highway in Semba-cho, Kuwana City. Literally meaning ""Seven 'Ri' Ferry"" (a 'ri' is approximately 3.927 kilometers), it is located in an area which flourished as Kuwana-juku, the 42nd post station town on the Tokaido. The ferry was the only sea crossing on the Tokaido and connected to Miya-juku in what is now Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City. The ferry's great torii gate still stands; called ""the first torii gate of Ise Province,"" it is rebuilt every 20 years along with the rebuilding of the grand shrine at the Ise Jingu shrine."
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  • Wagu Kannondo Temple
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    Mie Shima-shi Shimacho Wagu 2985-7
    This Shingon Esoteric Buddhist temple is located in Wagu, Shima-cho, Shima City. Just when it was established is not clear. The temple houses several Heian period Buddhist statues, including a bronze statue depicting a seated Tathgata which has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The temple grounds are also a renowned destination for viewing cherry blossoms in spring.
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  • Tadamorizuka
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    Mie Tsu-shi Ubushina
    This historic site is situated on Prefectural Route 657 in Ubushina, Tsu City. The site is said to be the birthplace of Taira no Tadamori, father of military leader Taira no Kiyomori, who laid the foundations for the prosperity of the Taira clan. There is a mound where Tadamori's placenta is buried, and a pond where he is said to have received his first bath as a baby. As the veritable birthplace of the famous Ise Taira clan, the place has also been designated a Historic Site by the prefecture.
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  • Hikawa Stone Buddhist Statues
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    Mie Tsu-shi Misugicho Taro
    "This group of stone Buddhist statues is located in Tarou, Misugi-cho, Tsu City. Statues include a seated Amitabha, Bhaisajyaguru, and Kshitigarbha, and it is believed they were created from between the end of the Kamakura period and the early Muromachi period. All are made of a variety of welded tuff known as ""Obara stone."" There are also two gorinto five-part gravestones at the site, and according to local legend, one is the grave of Taira no Takakiyo, son of Taira clan commander Taira no Koremori, who escaped to this area after the fall of the Taira clan."
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  • Akogizuka
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    Mie Tsu-shi Yanagiyamatsuoki 622
    This historic site is located in Yanagiyamatsuoki, Tsu City. The site is a grave for the fisherman Heiji of Akogi, who was punished after poaching fish in Akogiura for his sick mother. The legend of Heiji eventually inspired a joruri puppet, Noh, and kabuki plays, becoming known across Japan.
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  • Hanabishian (Sumita Saketen)
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    Mie Nabari-shi Nakamachi
    "This historic building stands in front of the torii gate of Urufushine Shrine on Prefectural Route 80 in Naka-machi, Nabari City. The building hosts a liquor store selling local alcoholic beverages from Nabari. A 170-year-old tatami mat room is also made open to the general public as one of the ""Iga Street Corner Museums"" - small facilities which introduce the living and breathing culture of the Iga region. In addition, the building is used to display historically valuable items dating to as old as the Edo period, and to hold historic shadow puppet plays which introduce the history and culture of Nabari."
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  • Ise Kokubunji Ruins
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    Mie Suzuka-shi Kokubucho 299
    This National Historic Site is located in Kokubu-cho, Suzuka City. The location of one of the state-sponsored Kokubunji provincial Buddhist temples built across Japan on the order of Emperor Shomu in 741, archeological excavations have discovered the remnants of the temple's main temple building. Artefacts found at the site are exhibited in the adjoining Suzuka Municipal Museum of Archaeology.
  • Hiro Ancienct Burial Mound Historical SItes
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    Mie Yokkaichi-shi Oganecho
  • Kayumi Ijiri Ruins (Kayumi Ijiri Ruins Park)
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    Mie Matsusaka-shi Iinancho Kayumi
  • Ishiyama Kannon Park
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    Mie Tsu-shi Geinocho Kusuhara
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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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