Referred to as Shirakami-san by locals, Shirakami Shrine, gets its name (which means “white god”) from a time when the

It’s amazing how often I meet people who have lived in Hiroshima all their lives who have never visited Mitaki-dera

Ikari shrine is one of the oldest shrines in the Hiroshima city area, predating the establishment of Hiroshima Castle by many generations.

A Tōshō-gū (東照宮) is any Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted from 1603-1868,

“Gokoku” shrines are Shinto shrines designated as places of worship for those who have died in war. Like the controversial