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You’ll get access to places you normally can’t go, as well as experience a unique kind of Japanese hospitality, or `Omotenashi`.
You will meet interesting locals and have wonderful experiences only available at the Tono Travel Delicatessen.
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A mountain biking journey to go around shrines and temples collecting Goshuin stamps
This is an invigorating journey through the farming village by mountain bike. You can collect goshuin stamps at Tono Hachimangu Shrine, Fukusen-ji Temple and Rokkoushi Shrine.
Fukusen-ji Temple
A temple of the Shingon sect that was opened in the first year of the Taisho era. Here you will find the largest wooden carving of Kannon, the Buddhist god of Mercy in Japan. The temple is famous as a won-derful place to see azaleas and cherry blossoms in spring, and then the fall leaves in autumn.
■Location:Matsuzaki-cho, Tono, Iwate
■Time:30 mins
Tono Hachimangu Shrine
The Gongensama from legend No. 110 is enshrined here, and you can worship the Gongensama at the front of the shrine on January 15th each year. The goshuin stamp here is stamped on Japanese paper made from hops, with a different design each month.
■Location:Matsuzaki-cho, Tono, Iwate
■Time:30 mins