9 Sights in Tateyama, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Tateyama, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Tateyama. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
1. Kurobe Dam
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 located 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 had taken the lives of 171 people by its completion.
2. 立山博物館
The Toyama Prefectural Tateyama Museum is a wide-area distributed museum in Toyama Prefecture located in Ashigaji, Tateyama Town, Nakashinkawa District, Toyama Prefecture. The name of the facility is written in square brackets as Toyama Prefecture [Tateyama Museum] to avoid being misinterpreted as "Toyama Kenritsu Yama (mountain) wa kubutsukan".
3. 安房神社
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.
4. Bando No.33 Nago-ji
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.
5. 館山城跡
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).
6. Daifukuji Temple
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.
7. 館山海軍航空隊 赤山地下壕跡
The Tateyama Naval Air Corps Akayama Underground Bunker Ruins, also known as the Akayama Underground Bunker Ruins, is the remains of an underground bunker (air raid shelter) that is believed to have been built by the former Imperial Japan Navy during the Pacific War in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture.
8. Sunosaki-jinja Shrine
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.
9. 鉈切洞穴
The Natagiri Cave Site is a cave site of the Jomon period located in Hamada, Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. It is designated as a designated historic site in Chiba Prefecture (the designated name is "Hagiri Cave").
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