| 1．Bandō Sanjūsankasho ・ |
| The Bandō Sanjūsankasho (坂東三十三箇所) ("The Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage") is a series of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Kannon. Bandō is the old name for what is now the Kantō region,[1] used in this case because the temples are all in the Prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Chiba. As is the case with all such circuits, each location has a rank, and pilgrims believe that visiting them all in order is an act of great religious merit.[1] |
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| 2．Hitachi Kokubun-ji ・5-1-5 Fuchū, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hitachi Kokubun-ji (常陸国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Fuchū neighborhood of the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, belonging to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect, and is the provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Hitachi Province. The ruins of the Nara period temple and the nearby nunnery have been collectively protected as a National Historic Site since 1922.[1] In 1952, the designation was upgraded to that of a Special National Historic Site. [2] |
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| 3．Ushiku Daibutsu ・Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008. As of 2023[update], it is the fifth-tallest statue in the world.[1] |
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