Walking course of Prayer
Come and take a walk in Hashikami Town!
Walking course starting and ending at Soba restaurant Toumon
Hashikami Town Walking Course
There are three "Hashikami Town Walking Courses" in Hashikami Town, Aomori Prefecture.
All courses start and end at restaurants that serve Hashikami Town's specialty, "Hashikami-Wase Hashikami-Soba," and each course can be completed in about one to one and a half hours.
- Walking Course of Player (Soba restaurant Toumon departure and arrival)
- Walking Course of Mountain villages and rural landscapes (Wasse exchange center departure and arrival)
- Walking Course of Relaxing at the foot of the mountain (Forest peer Hashikami departure and arrival)
This walking course was introduced in "Come and take a walk in Hashikami Town!", a guide map for walking around the town's famous sites created by students from the Hachinohe Institute of Technology.
→ Soba restaurant Toumon
→ Wasse exchange center (Hashikami Town Official Web Site)
→ Forest peer Hashikami
Walking course of Player
Of the three Hashikami Town Walking Courses, the Walking course of Prayer, which starts and ends at Soba restaurant Toumon, takes in Terashita Kannon, Ushioyama Shrine, the remains of the five-story pagoda, the remains of the Tomyodo Hall, and more.
The course takes about an hour and includes stairs and steep slopes, so trekking equipment is recommended.
Route overview
We use Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's Digital Topographic Map 25000.
1. Toumon
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2. Taiko Pine
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3. Tomb of Shin-yo
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4. Five-story pagoda
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5. Tomyodo Hall
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6. Inner Sanctuary
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7. Ushioyama Shirine
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8. Terashita Kannon
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9. Toumon
Terashita Kannon entrance area
- 1. Soba restaurant Toumon
- 2. Terashita Kannon Museum
- 3. Entrance of the Player Path (Old road)
- 4. Taiko Pine
- It is said that in the past, when the wind blew, a sound like beating drums could be heard.
- 5. Taiko Pine Munument
Soba restaurant Toumon
Terashita Metasequoia
Terashita Kannon Museum
Entrance of the Player Path
Taiko Pine
Taiko Pine Munument
Ushioyama Shrine and Terashita Kannon area
- 1. Torii
- 2. Terashita Kannon Hall
- This Kannon Hall originates from Omotsu-ji Temple, which was built over a period of five years starting in 724.
The current shrine building was built in 1874. - 3. Bell tower
- A temple bell engraved with the "Record of the Destruction of Obutsu-ji Temple," a summary of the origins of the Terashita Kannon Hall, written by the monk Kozan, who rebuilt Obutsu-ji Temple after it burned down in 1242. It was cast in 1719.
Designated tangible cultural property by Hashikami Town. - 4. Terashita Kannon Japanese wisteria
- Tree height 25.0 metres, age unknown.
- 5. Ushioyama Shrine Ginko biloba
- The tree is 23.0 meters tall, has a trunk circumference of 10.1 meters, and is estimated to be 800 years old.
- 6. Terashita Falls
- 7. Ushioyama Shrine
- The shrine was founded in 1186 when Futsunushi no Mikoto was enshrined alongside Terashita Kannon Hall.
The current shrine building is the old Kannon Hall, which was rebuilt in 1626. - 8. Inner Sanctuary
- This is the place where the shining Kannon Bodhisattva is said to have appeared.
Torii
Entrance to Terashita Kannon
Stairs to the Terashita Kannon Hall
Terashita Kannon Hall
Bell tower
Terashita Kannon Japanese wisteria
Bird and animal memorial tower
Terashita Falls
Stupa
Flowing Fudo
Ushioyama Shrine Kinko biloba
Ushioyama Shrine
Entrance to the inner sanctuary
Inner Sanctuary
The clear stream in front of the inner sanctuary
Remains Shin-yo's residence and Five-story Pagoda area
- 1. Torii
- From here it is about 500 meters to the Toumyodo.
- 2. Spring water
- 3. Remains Shin-yo's residence
- The site of the residence of the monk Shin-yo Genryo, who built the Toumyodo Hall and the five-story pagoda.
- 4. Tomb of the monk Shin-yo
- The grave of the monk Shin-yo Genryo, who dedicated his life to spreading Buddhism in the region.
- 5. The road to the five-story pagoda
- * Please be careful as the slope is steep.
- 6. Remains of the Five-story Pagoda
- This is the site of a five-storied pagoda built in 1744.
With a total height of 11.82 meters, it is said to have been the smallest five-storied pagoda in Japan, but it collapsed in a storm in 1913. - 7. Mirror Rock
- Sanskrit characters are engraved.
Torii
Spring water
Remains Shin-yo's residence
Tomb of the monk Shin-yo
The road to the five-story pagoda
Remains of the Five-story Pagoda
Explanation of the five-story pagoda
Mirror Rock
Tomyodo area
- 1. Torii gate at the entrance to Tomyodo
- * Please be careful as the path to Tomyodo is steep.
- 2. The Rock cut of Bankei
- 3. Stone Buddha Carved by the Dragon King (Yoshitsune and Benkei Rock)
- 4. The Dharma Wheel of the Five-story Pagoda
- 5. Tomyodo
- This is the site of the Toumyodo Hall, built on the summit of Mt. Hyuga in 1734 by the monk Tsuyo Genryo to pray for the safe maritime navigation of ships from various provinces at Hachinohe Bay.
This lighthouse is said to be the oldest in Japan.
* In the Tomyodo area, you can see many natural rocks and stone Buddha statues carved into stone.
Please be especially careful as the following rocks are off the path to Tomyodo.
- 6. Stone Buddha carved by King Enma
- 7. Rocks of the Womb
Torii gate at the entrance to Tomyodo
The way to Tomyodo
The Rock cut of Bankei
Stone Buddha Carved by the Dragon King
The Dharma Wheel of the Five-story Pagoda
Tomyodo
Stone Buddha carved by King Enma
Rocks of the Womb
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