Who, when and why did someone place this rock? A gigantic rock standing stealthily in the middle of a forest
Arhat (people who have achieved Nirvana) statues carved into natural rock in prayer for the repose of souls of those lost during a great famine which struck the Tohoku area
A matchmaking shrine built in the Edo Era at the foot of Mt. Atago, it is said to bring romantic fulfillment
A museum that was restored from a former county office, modeled after Kenji Miyazawa’s children’s story “The Cat Office”
Japan’s first ethnic museum where you can learn about Tono’s unique traditional culture