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

Daiju-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Okazaki, Aichi. Built by Matsudaira Chikatada in 1475, Daiju-ji was the family temple of the Matsudaira (松平氏) and Tokugawa clans (德川氏) which ruled Japan between 1600 and 1868. The Tahōtō of Daiju-ji, an Important Cultural Property of Japan, was built by Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Okazaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Okazaki Castle was home to the Honda clan, daimyō of Okazaki Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa clan. The castle was also known as "Tatsu-jō " (龍城).

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The Shingū ruins archaeological site containing a ruins of a village complex which was inhabited from the late Jōmon period through the Kamakura period, located in the Shingū neighborhood of the city of Okazaki, Aichi in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1976.

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Ishiko Danchi Shrine (石mason danchi jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the Okazaki Stone Works Complex in Kamisasaki-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is said that it is unusual that the shrine building is made entirely of stone. Mason is sometimes read as "ishiku".

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Hōzō-ji (法蔵寺) is a temple of the Nishiyama Fukakusa sect of the Jodo sect located in Honjuku-cho, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Nisonzan. The main statue is Amitabha Buddha. The location is Terayama 1, Honjuku-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.

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Zenryūji Temple (zenryūji) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Yugane-cho, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Daiko. The main statue is the Hokke Mandala. The former main mountain is Minobuzan Kuonji Temple, Yūshi Hōen.

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Okazaki Central Park (岡崎中央公園, Okazaki Chūō Sōgenōen) is an urban park operated by Okazaki Municipality located in Kōryūji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is affectionately called "Chūso" by the locals.

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Dalin Temple is a temple of Xishan Deep Grass Sect of Pure Land Sect located in Yucho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. The mountain number is Shiyu Mountain. The hospital number is Fuguang Hospital. This deity is Amitabha Buddha.

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Shōmyōji (Shōmyōji) is a temple of the Nishiyama Fukakusa sect of the Jodo sect located in Fujikawa-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Izumatsu. The main statue is Amitabha Buddha.

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Iwazu Tenmangu (岩津天満宮, Iwazu Tenman-gu) is a tenmangu shrine located in Higashiyama, Iwatsu-cho, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is commonly known as Iwatsu Tenjin. The goddess is Sugawara no Michishin.

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Kōzan-ji (甲山寺, Kōzanji) is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Rokuto-cho, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was built during the Sengoku period as a guardian of the Okazaki Castle demon gate.

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