This Hidden Shrine in Tanagura Town…

This Hidden Shrine in Tanagura Town…

Tucked away in a cedar grove in Tanagura Town, the moss-covered rocks and statues of Isshikikanei Shrine make you feel like you’ve stepped into a Ghibli movie.

The shrine is well-known in the area for its two koma-inu (lion statue) carvings. These were carved in 1934 by Kobayashi Wahei, a famous stonemason from the region responsible for dozens of statues on shrine grounds, especially in his birthplace of nearby Ishikawa Town. One of them is known as one of Kobayashi’s ‘Great Three Lion Statues’.

📍 Isshikikanei Shrine, Kanaigami-181 Isshiki, Tanagura, Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima 963-6111
🚂 25min walk from Iwaki-Asakawa Station (Suigun Line)
🚗 1hr from Koriyama Station
(There is space for a couple of cars nearby, but the roads are very narrow!)

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