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6 unusual facts about Important Cultural Properties of Japan


Fujisaki Hachiman-gū

A wooden sitting Hachiman statue and a female god statue are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan

Iwakiyama Jinja

All of these buildings are registered as National Important Cultural Properties.

Kunōzan Tōshō-gū

At the present, most of the surviving buildings of the Kunōzan Tōshō-gū are protected by the national government as Important Cultural Properties and the whole mountain is protected as a National Historic Site.

Mie-ji

The temple houses the Kanshitsu Kannon, which is one of Japan's nationally-designated Important Cultural Properties.

Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

Today, 26 structures in the shrine complex are protected by the national government as Important Cultural Properties, forming one of the largest such complexes in the country.

Today, 26 structures in the shrine complex are protected by the national government as Important Cultural Properties (ICP), forming one of the largest such complexes in the country.


Asakura Yoshikage

The site has been designated a Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites, and an Important Cultural Properties of Japan as the Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins.

Hidaka, Kōchi

Omura Shrine in Hidaka holds a late Kofun period sword designated as a National Treasure and two Heian period wooden masks of Bodhisattva which are Important Cultural Properties.


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