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19 overlooked corners inside the great landmarks of Japan — sourced, multilingual, read aloud on the spot.

Atsuta Jingu
Atsuta Jingu stands at the southern tip of the Atsuta Plateau in Nagoya and has been venerated since antiquity…
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
That row of vermilion torii at the foot of the mountain leads on and on up the slope; many people turn back on…
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Heian Jingū
Heian Jingū looks like a shrine of ancient lineage — but it is younger than it appears. Built in 1895 to mark…
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Hiroshima Castle
The five-story black-planked keep in front of you is a 1958 reconstruction — the original was levelled by the…
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Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Jingu lies in Ise, Mie Prefecture, and its formal name is simply 'Jingu'—every other jingu must add a plac…
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Itsukushima Shrine
Itsukushima Shrine stands on the north-eastern shore of Miyajima (Itsukushima) in Hiroshima Bay, backed by Mou…
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Izumo Taisha
Izumo Taisha (出雲大社), in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, is one of Japan's oldest and most venerated shrines —…
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Kamigamo Shrine
Kamigamo Shrine — formally Kamo-Wakeikazuchi Jinja — stands in the Kamigamo district of northern Kyoto and ens…
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Kasuga Taisha
Kasuga Taisha stands in the Kasugano district of Nara and serves as the head shrine of roughly 3,000 Kasuga sh…
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Meiji Jingu
Step through the great torii gate opposite Harajuku Station and the noise of Tokyo vanishes into deep green —…
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Mt. Fuji
Hasshinpo is the collective name for the eight main peaks ringing the crater rim at Mt. Fuji's summit, and for…
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Senso-ji Temple
Step through the Thunder Gate — its great red lantern swinging overhead — and you enter Tokyo's oldest temple:…
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Shimogamo Shrine (Kamo-mioya-jinja)
Where two tributaries of the Kamo River meet, a straight gravel path cuts through the ancient forest of Tadasu…
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Shuri Castle
Perched on a hill in Naha, overlooking Naha Harbour—once the gateway for overseas trade—Shuri Castle was the r…
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Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland sits in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, and forms part of the Tokyo Disney Resort. It opened on 15…
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Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower's formal name is the 'Nippon Television City Tower'; it was completed on 23 December 1958 (Showa 3…
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Tōdai-ji
The head temple of the Kegon school of Buddhism. Founded in the eighth century by Emperor Shōmu as the "head p…
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Yasaka Shrine
The vermilion gate rises straight out of the east end of Shijo-dori, blocking the whole width of the avenue —…
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Yasukuni Shrine
At the top of Kudanzaka, a great torii stands facing east—one of the few shrines oriented to the east. Yasukun…
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