Hiroshima Toshogu

It was built in 1648 by Asano Mitsuakira, the feudal lord of Hiroshima at the time, to enshrine the spirit of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Mitsuakira's birth mother, Princess Furihime, was Ieyasu's third daughter, and he was particularly enthusiastic about the construction of Toshogu Shrine, constructing a gorgeous vermilion-painted shrine building at the foot of Mount Futaba. Since the 50th anniversary of Ieyasu's death in 1666, a grand festival accompanied by a portable shrine procession, called the "Street Festival," has been held every 50 years. The "Street Festival" was temporarily discontinued after 1815, but was officially revived in 2015 after 200 years. The main hall and worship hall were destroyed in the atomic bombing and were later rebuilt, but the Karamon gate, wing corridors, temizuya (purification fountain), Honjido hall, Gyosho (offering hall), Wakimon (side gate), and mikoshi (portable shrine), which have been there since the temple's founding, have been designated Important Tangible Cultural Properties by the city of Hiroshima and retain the architectural characteristics of the early Edo period.