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Shitennoji Temple

3.5

22 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tsushi Sakaemachi 1-892

The oldest temple in Tsu City, it is located in Sakae-machi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture and said to have been built by Prince Shotoku at the imperial request of Empress Suiko. It originally had larger premises, but the majority of it was burned down during WWII. It includes the grave of Kaokujuei Zenni, Oda Nobunaga's biological mother, the statue of Prince Shotoku, an important cultural property, and the statue of Bhaisajyaguru. There are many valuable cultural properties that remain such as the mountain gate that is a tangible cultural property of the city. In addition, the temple also conducts a Zen experience course where you can get an easy taste of the atmosphere of a Zen temple, and sutra copying.

歴史あるお寺らしく寺宝が一杯のようです。山門、梵鐘、他にも絵画などが文化財に指定されています。境内の自然も見所です。
Gojoban Yashiki

4.0

101 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Tonomachi 1385

Gojoban Yashiki is a samurai residence in which the 20 Kishu top-ranking samurai who guarded Matsusaka Castle at the end of the Edo period lived along with their families. An unusual kumiyashiki (residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces) even across all of Japan, it still remains inhabited by the samurai descendants, and only one part of the residence on the north side of the west building is open to the public. It is located approximately 15 minutes on foot from JR Matsusaka Station.

A short street with some historical house. Worth to stop by if u stay in the city and you love Japanese stuff. Also, no good for parking
Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu)

4.0

50 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Mie Pref. Tsushi Isshindenkoudubeta 3060

This museum opened in 2014. To reach it, take a bus for five minutes from the west entrance of Kintetsu, JR, and Ise Railway's Tsu Station and get off at the Sogo Bunka Center Mae stop. It's right there. The museum is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the prefecture. Its main exhibition room depicts Mie's characteristic natural environment around the perimeter of the room, and in the middle presents a comprehensive overview of its people, physical items, and history of cultural exchange. You can also see a fully reconstructed ancient elephant known as the Mie Elephant, consisting of the oldest fossils to be discovered in Mie prefecture. In the back yard there's a reproduction of the Torii Kofun burial mound's stone hut.

凄くお金をかけて作られた建物ですね。一時間ほど時間が余ったので、行ってみました。コロナ禍なので展示内容にも色々制限がかかっていましたが、 510円の入場料としては、それなりに楽しめる内容だったと思います。ただ、非常に平べったい展示なので、もっと尖った特徴のある内容の展示の方が人を呼べるのでは？と思いました。例えば伊賀忍者とか...
Mie-ken Sogo Bunka Center for the Arts

3.5

12 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Tsu-shi Isshindenkozubeta 1234

This cultural facility is located in Isshindenkozubeta, Tsu City. The facility consists of a fine arts center, lifelong learning center, gender equality center, and open spaces. Facilities include a 1,900-seat auditorium, as well as a multipurpose hall, conference rooms of various sizes, seminar rooms, and a library. There's also a restaurant, cafe, and shop. Flea markets and other events are held in the open spaces.

少しは苗えら所に、回送用の観光バス専用の駐車場があるのは良いのですが、駐車場に面した道路を左折では、長い車両が回りきれず、右折して入るしか方法がないのですが、高越整理の要員がいないので、今度は、直進車両が居て、右折できずに、バスの後ろが大渋滞となっている場面を散見します。道路から右左折せずに、直進して入場・退場ができるように改善が急務です。
Saiku Historical Museum

4.5

27 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Mie Pref. Takigunmeiwachou Takegawa 503

This historical museum run by Mie Prefecture is located about a 15-minute walk from Kintetsu Railway's Saiku Station. The place where the museum is built is the site of the palace for the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine from ancient times until the period of the northern and southern dynasties (1336-1392). The exhibits are centered on Shinto rituals, history and culture related to the princesses serving at Ise Jingu Shrine. The research results of the townscape at the time based on over 30-year excavation survey of the site are also on display. Special exhibitions and lectures are also held, and among them is a unique one where you can tour an actual site currently being excavated.

名称として《斎宮》を知っていましたが実際にどのようなことをやっていたのかよくわからず今回ゆったりと伊勢・志摩エリアを旅行したのを機会に《斎宮跡》内の3施設の1ケ所として訪問しました。こちらの内部は3つのエリア；映像展示室と展示室1&2...
Motoori Norinaga Museum

4.0

29 Reviews

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Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Tonomachi 1536-7

The Motoori Norinaga Museum is the former residence (Suzuya) of Motoori Norinaga, a scholar of ancient Japanese literature and culture who lived in the Edo period, and has a collection of approximately 16,000 items that include displays of his Commentary on the Kojiki, handwritten manuscripts, articles that belonged to him, and a self-portrait. Of the entire collection, 467 types and 1,949 items are National Important Properties, and 20 types of 31 items are Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties. There are many displays and special events, and one can learn about Motoori Norinaga as well as Japanese culture after the latter half of the 18th century. It is approximately 15 minutes on foot from JR Matsusaka Station.

松坂城址にある本居宣長記念館です。お名前だけは日本史のにおいて学びましたが具体的には説明できません。興味が有る方は寄られると良いかもしれませんね。
Tsu Kannon (Enichizan Kannonji Temple)

3.5

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tsushi Daimon 32-19

This Shingon Buddhist temple is located approximately a three-minute walk after getting off the Mie Kotsu bus at the Kyoguchitatemachi bus stop from the JR and Kintetsu Railway Tsu Station. Officially named Enichizan Kannonji Temple is one of the three major Kannon temples in Japan, along with theAsakusaKannon inTokyoand Osu-Kannon inNagoya. Having continued to protect the city of Tsu for over 1,300 years since the Nara period (710-794), it was repaired in 1580 by the lord of Tsu Castle, Oda Nobukane. In the adjacent museum, many treasures passed down with a long history are on display, including portraits of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, Buddhist paintings, crafts and old documents.

桐の花がきれいに咲いていました。裏手に無料駐車場があり、気軽に行けます。五重の塔もなかなか見応えがあります。
Matsusaka City Museum of History and Folklore

4.0

22 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Matsusaka-shi Tonomachi 1539

This museum tells the history of Matsusaka City and is located about a 15-minute walk from Matsusaka Station. Housed in the former Iinan County Library that was built in 1912, the building was renovated to become the museum it is today. The building has been designated a registered tangible cultural property of Japan. Centered on the history of Matsusaka City, it has exhibits about Matsusaka merchants, Ise face powder and Matsusaka cotton that were mainly handled by Matsusaka merchants. On the first floor, there is a restoration exhibit of the store of a Matsusaka merchant using large imitation leather and tobacco container signboard.

松阪城跡の中にある歴史民俗資料館。建物は明治45年1912年に建てられた旧飯南郡図書館で、国の登録有形文化財にも指定されている歴史的建築物。2階が松阪出身の映画監督、小津安二郎の記念館になっていて、小津ファンには見逃せないところです。
Kitabatake Shrine

4.0

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tsushi Misugichoukamitage 1148

This shrine is located in Kamitage, Misugi-cho, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. The shrine is located inside the TageKitabatake Castle Ruins. The principle deity of the shrine is KitabatakeAkiyoshi of Ise Province, which prospered as Okuichishi'sTagegosho. It is also a Taiheiki Yukari shrine, and as such, many famous people have visited this shrine over the years. The Kitabatake Castle Ruins Garden inside the shrine is a famous garden of the Muromachi period which combines the traditional Kare Sansui style with the style of having a path around a pond. It is also famous as a spot for viewing the red Autumn leaves. It features illuminations for only a few days each November.

日本史にはあまり詳しくないのですが、北畠氏とは、このあたりを治めていた戦国大名だそうで、その旧宅近くにある神社です。特に観光スポットというわけではないですが、コンパクトできれいなつくりでした。
Niu Daishi Jinguji Temple

4.0

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Takiguntakichou Nyu 3997

Nyu Daishi Shinguji Temple is a five-minute drive from the Seiwa-Taki Interchange on the Kisei Expressway. It was founded in 774, and its formal name is said to have been much longer. The main hall, protected by a Niomon gate, where guardian kings Jikokuten and Tamonten stand at the left and right and are venerated, contains a statue of the temple's founder, Kobo Daishi, who is the principal object of worship. Sugatami Pond, located on the temple grounds, is a favorite spot for amateur photographers, who visit to capture images of the carp that swim around in the pond or the pygmy water lilies that cover the water's surface from late June to early July.

立派な門に仁王像が鎮座しており、風格があります。門をくぐり真っ直ぐ行くと神社に行き当たります。おそらくは神仏習合で、寺と神社が同居してるのでしょう。寺は左手の階段を登ったところにあります。真言宗のありがたい念仏がお堂に掲げられていました。帰り際に鐘つき堂の向かいの堂のお坊さんに声をかけられ、鐘をついても良いよと言われたので鐘つきをしてみました。良い響きでした。
Senjuji Temple

4.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tsushi Isshindenchou 2819

Located a five-minute walk from JR Ishinden Station, this is the head temple of the Shinshu Takada sect, one of 10 sects of Pure Land Buddhism, with over 600 temples throughout Japan. On November 28, 2017, Mieido (hall housing sacred images of the sect founder) and Nyoraido (main hall) were designated as Mie Prefecture's first National Treasure buildings. The grounds are twice the size of Tokyo Dome, and it is a huge temple with 11 nationally-designated Important Cultural Properties besides the two National Treasures. There is no admission free, and you can go inside the temple from 6:00 to 15:30. Also famous for its lotuses, you can enjoy the various kinds of lotus flowers that bloom all over the temple grounds and the stunning lotus pond in the summer.

江戸文化文政時代に建てられた総檜造の門で国の重文指定。大きな唐破風、透彫の花々、獅子や力士の彫刻等個々に見所も多いのですが、全体としての重厚感が凄く、後ろに控える巨大な御影堂に負けない存在感がありました。
Yuki Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Mie Tsu-shi Fujikata 2341

"This shrine, about 15 minutes by car from the Tsu IC of the Ise Expressway, is dedicated to Munehiro Yuki of the Shirakawa Yuki clan, one of the 15 shrines of the Kenmu Chukyo sect, who served Emperor Godaigo and helped establish the ""Kenmu Shinsei"" (new Kenmu government) and died in Tsu City. In the shrine garden, about 300 weeping plum trees and 80 plum trees of 10 varieties are planted, and beautiful plum blossoms can be enjoyed from late January to mid-March."
Matsusaka Castle Ruins

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Tonomachi

Designated a National Historic Site in 2011, the Matsusaka Castle Ruins are a symbol of Matsusaka with the proud stone walls still standing. The cherry trees, wisteria, and ginkgo trees are familiar throughout the four seasons, and visitors can take in at a glance a view of the townscape which still bears the vestiges of the castle town. There are many sights to see such as the Museum of Motoori Norinaga, the Museum of History and Folklore, and the old samurai homes of Gojoban Yashiki.
Matsusaka City Cultural Asset Center

4.0

5 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Sotogomagarichou 1

This facility is also called the Haniwa-kan. You can reach it by taking the bus from JR and Kintetsu Matsusaka Station that runs counterclockwise around the city. Get off at the Shimin Bunka-kaikan (Matsusakashi) bus stop, and it's right there. There's a permanent display of scholastically important haniwa earthen objects like the boat-shaped Funagata Haniwa excavated from the Takarazuka Burial Mound, a National Historic Site. Its citizen's gallery is in a restored cotton yarn warehouse built in 1923 that was part of the former Kanebo Matsusaka Spinning Factory. The warehouse is a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and the interior and the eaves at the front are original.

大型の船形埴輪の展示がある施設です。入館料は110円と格安です。船形埴輪は非常に迫力がありました。また、はにわ館と同じ敷地には1923年に建てられた煉瓦造りの旧カネボウ綿糸松阪工場綿糸倉庫もあり、併せて楽しめるかと思います。
Tsu Castle Ruins

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tsushi Marunouchi 27

These castle ruins are located a 15-minute walk from the Tsu-Shimmachi Station onKintetsu Nagoya Line. The castle was built by Oda Nobukane in 1580, and later in 1611, a master castle-builder by the name of TakatoraTodo, ordered a major renovation of the castle. It was designated as a prefectural historic site in March 2005. The emotive scenery of the cherry blossoms in spring, the hydrangea in summer and the red leaves in fall have become well-known and it is now a popular place for residents of the city to come and relax. In spring especially, the contrast of the mossy stone walls and the cherry trees are particularly beautiful, making it a famous spot for cherry blossom-viewing in Tsu City.
Ibuta-ji Temple

5.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Ibutachou 273

"This temple, affectionately known as ""Ise Sanjo"" (the top of Mt. Ise), was used for ascetic practices before the Meiji era. It is now open to the public, and after going through the entry process you can climb the harsh mountain path to visit Ibuta-ji Temple yourself. Inside the grounds, you'll find the Yakushido temple, holding a statue of Yakushinyorai as the temple's principal"

伊勢山の行場を守るお寺。行場はとても危険で、すぐ横が断崖絶壁の岩を登って降りる場所が何ヶ所もあります。初めの「油こぼし」以外は迂回路があるので高所恐怖症の人でもなんとか回れます。住職オススメの「小尻返し」では1.5m程度の岩を登ると素晴らしい景色を見ることができます。ここも片側が断崖絶壁なのでヘタレな私はちょっと登ってすぐに降りてしまったのですが。この表行場は2時間程度でまわれました。裏行...
Louvre Sculpture Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Mie Pref. Tsushi Hakusanchousada Higashitani 1957

This sculpture museum is located a five-minute walk from Kintetsu Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station. It was opened by Takegawa Yujiro in December 1987. The 1,300 sculptures on display are from ancient to modern times, and all of them were brought to Japan from the Louvre Museum in Paris. You can enjoy sculptures from the Louvre while still in Japan. The exhibited works are molded directly from the actual sculptures, so everything from their size to every scar is exactly the same. You can fully appreciate the many famous pieces that line the museum and appear in textbooks.
Iyama Shrine

4.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Tsu-shi Sakakibaracho 5073

This Shinto shrine is located in Sakakibara-cho, Tsu City. A patron shrine of hot springs, the shrine is dedicated to the gods Onamuchi-no-Mikoto and Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto. Originally, the shrine stood at the eighth station on Kaisekizan. A spring called the Chomeisui wells up on the grounds; its waters are said to give long life and are used in a festival at the Ise Jingu shrine. Additionally, the shrine is also said to grant worshippers luck in finding love and marriage.

榊原温泉一帯で、神社仏閣、旅館、商店などでひな人形の展示が行われ、スタンプラリーが行われています。射山神社ではたくさんの展示が行われていて、その中心的な存在です。
Mie Prefectural Art Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Mie Pref. Tsushi Otanichou 11

An art museum located a 10 minute walk from the west entrance of Tsu Station in Mie Prefecture. Each year, the museum holds four exhibitions of artwork from the Edo period onward. The museum's standing exhibition focuses on artists from Mie Prefecture. The museum has three exhibition areas, the content of which is changed several times throughout the year. The museum offers a stamp rally which involves travelling to various areas in the facility, fun for families with children. During the summer school holiday, the museum also offers workshops. The museum also has a restaurant with a terrace and a shop which sells original merchandise and art-themed goods.
Tokozan Jinguji Temple

3.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Matsusaka-shi Ureshinomorimotocho 750

This Buddhist temple is located in Ureshino Morimoto-cho, Matsusaka City. Founded in 730, the temple moved to its current location in the Edo period. The temple enshrines a statue of Bhaisajyaguru which is its principal object of worship and which records state was created by the great priest Ennin, as well as a statue of Kannon said to ward against senility, and a statue of Vaisravana. The temple also sells protective amulets and is one of the temples on the Seishu Seven Gods of Fortune Pilgrimage.

本堂の天井画は動植物が描かれた素晴らしいもので、聞けば、１５６枚もあるとか・・・。地元に親しまれる寺院として大晦日の除夜の鐘突きとか新年の御祈祷とか・・・ライトアップされた荘厳な風景の中での各種行事には幽玄ささえ感じられるものでした。

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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.