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

Daifuku-ji (大福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, and is a temple of the Chizen Sect of Shingon Buddhism. According to tradition, the temple was founded by Gyōki in 717 early in the Nara period. It was later revived by a visit by the Tendai Buddhist priest Ennin early in the Heian period. The date at which the temple returned to the Shingon sect is unknown. The temple received a juinjō (朱印状) seal of certification from the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.

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The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), is a 186 m (610 ft) high variable-radius arch dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The tallest dam in Japan, it supports the 335 MW Kurobe No. 4 Hydropower Plant and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. It was constructed between 1956 and 1963 at a cost of ¥51.3 billion yen. The project was a difficult engineering feat for the rapidly growing post–World War II Japan, and claimed the lives of 171 people.

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Tateyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan. The castle was also known as "Nekoya-jō" (根古屋城).

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Toyama Lishan Museum is a wide-area decentralized museum in Toyama Prefecture, located in Luyue Temple, Lishan Town, Zhongxinchuan County, Toyama Prefecture. The name of the facility is to avoid being mistaken for "Lishan Museum in Heshan Prefecture", which is marked as Toyama Prefecture [Lishan Museum] in square brackets.

Wikipedia: 富山県立山博物館 (JA)

The Tateyama Naval Air Corps Akayama Underground Bunker Ruins, commonly known as the Akayama Underground Bunker Ruins, are the remains of an underground bunker (air-raid shelter) believed to have been built by the former Imperial Japan Navy during the Pacific War in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 赤山地下壕跡 (JA)

Nago-dera (那古寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Tateyama in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also called Nago-ji using the alternate pronunciation of the final Chinese character in its name, or the Nago Kannon (古寺観音), after its primary object of worship.

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Xiongshan Shrine is located in Lishan Town, Zhongxinchuan County, Toyama Prefecture. The old name is Lishan Quan Xian and Xiongshan Quan Xian. Shi Neishe, a palace across China. The old society was a small national currency society, and now it is the attached shrine of this hall of the shrine.

Wikipedia: 雄山神社 (JA)

Susaki Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Susaki neighborhood of the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming to hold the title of ichinomiya of the former Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on August 20.

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Awa Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Daijingū neighborhood of the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming to hold the title of ichinomiya of former Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on August 10.

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Xiaowang Temple, located in Chuyewei, Guanshan City, Chiba Prefecture, is a temple of Zhishan School of Truth Sect. The mountain number is Mount Kumgang. This deity is the immovable king. Guanyin Temple worships Holy Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Wikipedia: 小網寺 (JA)

Sunomiya Shrine (洲宮神社, Sunomiya-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sumiya, Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikinai-sha (Taisha) ronsha, and the former company is a prefectural shrine.

Wikipedia: 洲宮神社 (JA)