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
Japan’s first ethnic museum where you can learn about Tono’s unique traditional culture
A railway that soars up to the galaxies runs here. A bridge in a remote woodland that spurs thoughts of nostalgia.
Japan’s biggest wooden Kannon statue at 17ｍ is enshrined here in a temple that was built in 1912