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

Iwatsu Tenmangu Shrine is a shrine located in Higashiyama, Iwatsu Town, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. It is commonly known as Iwatsu Tenjin. The deity of the festival is Michima Sugawara. Sadahiro Hattori, the former priest of the shrine, served as president of the Shinto Political League and as an advisor to the Japan Congress.

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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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Hozoji Temple is a temple of the Nishiyama Fukakusa sect of the Jodo sect located in Honjuku-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Nisonzan. The honzon is Amitabha. It is located at Terayama 1, Honjuku-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 法蔵寺 (岡崎市) (JA)

Zenryuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Yukin-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Daiko. The main Buddha is the Lotus Mandala. The former main temple is Minobusan Kuonji Temple, Yushi Hoen.

Wikipedia: 善立寺 (岡崎市) (JA)

Daiju-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect 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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Dairinji Temple is a temple of the Nishiyama Fukakusa sect of the Jodo sect located in Uomachi, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Pick-up. The name of the temple is Fuko-in. The honzon is Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 大林寺 (岡崎市) (JA)

Joguji Temple is a temple located in Kamisasaki Town, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. Together with Honjo-ji Temple (Nodera-cho, Anjo City) and Shoto-ji Temple (Harizaki-cho, Okazaki City), it is one of the "Mikawa Sanga-ji" that led the Mikawa Rebellion.

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The Masonry Complex Shrine is a shrine located in the Okazaki Masonry Complex in Kamisasaki-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. It is said that it is unusual that the shrine is made entirely of stone. Masons are sometimes read as "ishiku".

Wikipedia: 石工団地神社 (JA)

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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