Best Architecture around Tohoku Spot List

Take a stroll through the forest-enveloped grounds

Famous as a spiritual site believed to bring good luck in marriage

A spectacular hall of worship with 44 massive pillars

Symbolizing the sacred mountain Haguro

An accurate replica of Byakkotai's academy

You can experience making a Buddhist rosary using genuine stones, while looking at the graceful garden

A building filled with products made locally in Aomori

A chalk lighthouse standing on a cliff

Super-tall floats light up the night sky

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

A mysterious building with a unique structure that has two separate stairways

An historic shrine favored as a place of rest and relaxation by locals

The resting place of the Tsugaru family

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

The head shrine of Oshu, boasting 1,200 years of history

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

A shrine with 2,400 years of history and the largest shrine gate, symbolizing Yahiko.

A Zen temple associated with warlord Date Masamune. Visit the main hall, which is a designated national treasure, and the architectural masterpiece that is the Kuri (kitchen building).