11 Sights in Iida, Japan (with Map and Images)

Mt. Oikeyama Crater is a proposed crater formed by a meteorite impact near Mt. Oike, one of the mountains that make up the southern part of the Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps) at an altitude of about 1,905 meters. If internationally recognized, it would be the result of a meteorite impact, the first confirmed meteorite impact in Japan, although it is small for a crater with traces existing on Earth. This crater is located in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture (formerly Kamimura), near Mt. Oike (1,905 m) in the southern part of the Southern Alps. This crater is about 900 meters in diameter, and only about 40% of the crater remains. A promenade has been running through this terrain for a long time, and you can actually stroll around the crater and see it from the observatory.

Wikipedia: 御池山クレーター (JA)

Motozenkoji Temple is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Zakoji, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. Before it was named Genzenkoji Temple, it was called Zakoji Temple, and it still remains in the place name as Zakoji Temple (pronounced the same). The honzon is Zenkoji Nyorai.

Wikipedia: 元善光寺 (JA), Website

The Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Doll Museum is an art museum about Kawamoto Kihachiro located in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. Positioned as the Iida City Regional Puppet Theater Center, the purpose of this program is to disseminate information about puppet theater and provide opportunities for various exchanges through puppet theater performances and puppet theater lectures by preserving and exhibiting materials related to puppet theater, and to contribute to the improvement and development of education, academia, and culture of citizens.

Wikipedia: 飯田市川本喜八郎人形美術館 (JA)

Kōmyoji Temple is an ancient temple of the Shingon sect of the Chizan sect located in Kume, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. The name of the mountain is called Mt. Engyo. The main Buddha is Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Wikipedia: 光明寺 (飯田市) (JA)

The Iida Kofun cluster is group kofun burial mounds located in the Shimoida neighborhood of the city of Iida, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. Thirteen tumuli have been collectively protected as a National Historic Site since 2016.

Wikipedia: Iida Kofun group (EN), Website

Tenryū Gorge is a nationally-designated nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located within the Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. In 1927 it was selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan.

Wikipedia: Tenryū-kyō (EN), Website

The Shirotayama Fox Mound is an ancient burial mound located in Matsuo Shirota, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shape is anterior-posterior mound. It is designated as a Nagano Prefecture Designated Historic Site.

Wikipedia: 代田山狐塚古墳 (JA), Website

Omijinja Shrine is a shrine located at 2516 Zakoji Market, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The former company name is Murasha. It is the god of birth in the Zakoji area, and about 1,400 households are clan members.

Wikipedia: 麻績神社 (JA)

Iida City Museum opened in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1989. The museum's collections and display relate to the natural history, history, and art of the area and include a number of works by Hishida Shunsō, who was born locally.

Wikipedia: Iida City Museum (EN), Website

Kamimizo Tenjinzuka Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Matsuo Kamigozo, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Iida Kofun Group (of which the Matsuo Unit Group). It is designated as a national historic site (among the historic sites "Iida Kofun Group").

Wikipedia: 上溝天神塚古墳 (JA), Website

The Iinuma Tenjinzuka Tomb or Iinuma Unsaiji Tomb is an ancient burial mound located in Kamigo Iinuma, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Iida Kofun Group (of which the Kamigo Unit Group). It is designated as a national historic site (among the historic sites "Iida Kofun Group").

Wikipedia: 雲彩寺古墳 (JA)