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What to See in Ise - Top Sights and Attractions

Discover 8 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Ise (Japan). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Tsukiyomi-no-miya, Isekawasakisyouninkan, and Okage Yokocho Ancient Street. Also, be sure to include Ise-Jingu Geku in your itinerary.

Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Ise (Mie).

Tsukiyomi-no-miya

Tsukiyomi-no-miya
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Tsukiyomi-gu Shrine is a separate shrine of the Inner Shrine, located in Nakamura-cho, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is sometimes abbreviated as "Tsukiyomi-gu Shrine."

The 62nd Jingu Shikinen Sengu took place at 8:00 p.m. on October 6, 2014 (Heisei 6, 2014), approximately one year after the relocation of the Inner Shrine.

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Isekawasakisyouninkan

Isekawasakisyouninkan
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The Ise Kawasaki Mountaineering Museum is a facility that has been restored as a historical and cultural exchange base while restored and maintained a long -established liquor wholesaler, Ogawa Sake Store, which was founded in the middle of the Edo period. In 2001, 12 buildings were registered as a registered tangible cultural property of the country.

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Okage Yokocho Ancient Street

Okage Yokocho Ancient Street
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Okage Yokocho is a tourist attraction that recreates the townscape of Torii-maecho from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period (1868-1912), which was crowded during the "oin mairi" (mairi to pray to the gods) in front of the Imperial Shrine, Ise Jingu, in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Ltd., a subsidiary of Akafuku Corporation, which produces and sells Akafuku rice cakes, a specialty of Ise. Located in the middle of Oharai-machi, it is a representative tourist attraction of Ise-Shima.

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Ise-Jingu Geku

Ise-Jingu Geku
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Sacred and religious sites, Historic walking areas, Temple, Historical place

Address: 279 Toyokawacho, 516-0042 Ise

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Shintomiza

Movie theater in Ise, Japan
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Movie theater in Ise, Japan. Shintomiza is an independent movie theater in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan.[1]

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Taikoji

Taikoji
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Taie-ji Temple is a temple of the Daigo school of Shingon Buddhism located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The temple is said to have been founded by Gyoki in the Tempyo period (710-794) and is closely associated with the Ise Jingu Shrine and the Futami Okitama Shrine. The principal image of the temple, Senju Kannon Bosatsu (Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva), was created in the Kamakura period and is designated as an important cultural property. The temple is also known for its wisteria and hydrangea.

Address: 1659 Futamichoe, 519-0602 Ise

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Sarutahiko Shrine

Sarutahiko Shrine
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Sarutahiko Shrine is located near the Inner Shrine of Ise Jingu in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. It is dedicated to the deity Sarutahiko Ookami and his descendant Ota-no-Mikoto. The shrine was formerly an unranked shrine, but after World War II, it became an annexed shrine.

Address: 2-1-10 Ujiurata, 516-0026 Ise

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Kogakkan University

Private university in Ise, Japan
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Also known as: 皇學館大学

Private university in Ise, Japan. Kogakkan University is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940.

Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest). The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.[2]

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