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Aslowwalkthroughhistory♪TouringhistoricsitesandculturaltreasuresVisitallthehistoricspotsinSamegawaVillage!UnveilingduringtheHassaku-HonenfestivalinlateAugustTheYakushiNyoraistatueis74cmtall.SignsofthemiddleKamakuraperiod’sKeihastylecanbeseeninthiswork.TheNiostatuesareeachcarvedfromonetree,withAgyoat166cm,Ungyoat177cm.TomitaYakushidoAtemplebuildbefore1668.IthousesthreestatuesdesignatedbyFukushimaPrefectureasimportantculturalassets.Onceayear,inlateAugust,thestatuesareunveiledtothepublic.AddressLocatedinTokojiTemple,200Hikojiro,Tomita,SamegawaVillageWoodenNiostatue(Agyo)WoodenYakushiNyoraistatueWoodenNiostatue(Ungyo)FormersiteofAkasakadateCastleThisistheformersiteofAkasakadate,themountaincastleoftheAkasakaclan,whoruledthisregionfromMuromachithroughAzuchi-Momoyamaperiods.Itspans400mfromnorthtosouth,andiscurrentlymuch-lovedasTateyamaPark.AddressMegurigasaku,AkasakaNakano,SamegawaVillageThesiteofKoshiSotaro’scaptureKoshiSotarowasaConfucianfromtheMitodomainwho,inthe1860s,attemptedtooverthrowtheBakufushogunateandrestoreimperialauthority.AfterthedefeatoftheTenguparty,withwhichhehadbeeninvolved,hebecameafugitive,andthisiswherehewascaptured.Address263-1Sorida,Tomita,SamegawaVillageSomeofourotherculturaltreasuresWoodenseatedstatueofYoryuKannonBosatsuThevillage’soldestBuddhistsculpture,madeintheKamakuraperiod.Much-lovedunderthenameofthe‘OshioKannon.’Orido’sAmidaTriadAstatueofAmidaNyoraimadeintheMuromachiperiod.Ateithersideofthestatueisabosatsu(bodhisattva)statuemadeinthe16thcentury.Address445Oshio,AkasakaNishino,SamegawaVillageAddress172Orido,Nishiyama,SamegawaVillage8
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