Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Sendai, Japan
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4.5 km
107 m
Explore Sendai in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in SendaiIndividual Sights in SendaiSight 1: 東昌寺
Toshoji Temple is a temple of the Rinzai -sect Tofukuji school in Aoba -cho, Aoba -ku, Sendai -shi, Miyagi. One of Zenji Kitayama Goyama, which is located in Kitayama in Sendai. The mountain name is Mt. The principal is Shaka Nyorai.
Sight 2: 青葉神社
Aoba Shrine is the memorial shrine of Date Masamune, located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, near the site of the former Aoba Castle. The shrine was built in 1873 by petition of former retainers of the Date clan of former Sendai Domain to enshrine the deified spirit (kami) of Date Masamune under the name of Takefuruhiko-no-mikoto. This was in accordance with a practice which began in the Bakumatsu period and continued into the early Meiji period of establishing a shrine to the founders of the daimyō clan which ruled each feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. Under the State Shinto ranking system, the shrine was designated as a prefectural shrine.
Sight 3: 資福寺
Shifukuji is a temple of the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji sect located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. A map of the five mountains of Zen temple Kitayama lining up Kitayama in Sendai
Sight 4: 輪王寺
Rinnoji Temple is a temple of the Soto sect located in Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kongo.
Sight 5: 龍雲院
Ryuunin is a temple of the Soto sect located in Shiheimachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. The name of the town where the temple is located is derived from the name of Hayashi Shihei, a Sendai feudal officer buried in the temple.
Sight 6: Osaki Hachiman-gu Shrine
Ōsaki Hachimangū (大崎八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The main shrine building has been designated a National Treasure of Japan.
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