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A roofed wooden notice board headed with the name of Ise Jingu's Inner Shrine in Japanese, wet stone paving and pines behindA plain unpainted wooden torii seen from below against a blue sky, pine trees behindA bowl of thick Ise udon in dark sauce with chopped green onion on a wooden tray

Mie

Mie: Places to Visit

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Most visits to Mie are to Ise Jingu. Its two main sanctuaries are Geku (Toyouke-daijingu), about 5 minutes on foot from Kintetsu Iseshi Station, and Naiku (Kotaijingu), reached by Mie Kotsu bus from Ujiyamada or Isuzugawa Station; the shrine asks visitors to go to Geku first. Toba, also on Kintetsu, has Toba Aquarium and Mikimoto Pearl Island a short walk from its station.

JR and Kintetsu trains run to Mie from Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka; Ise is around 1.5 to 2 hours by train from Nagoya. Iga Ueno, with its ninja exhibits, is on the Iga Railway line from Kintetsu Iga-Kambe.

Places in Mie

  • Ise Jingu — Geku and Naiku, the two main sanctuaries; Geku is about 5 minutes on foot from Kintetsu Iseshi Station, Naiku a Mie Kotsu bus ride from Ujiyamada or Isuzugawa.
  • Futami — The Wedded Rocks (Meotoiwa) stand by the shore on the approach to Futami Okitama Shrine, reached by CAN bus from Kintetsu Toba Station.
  • Toba — Toba Aquarium, the only aquarium in Japan with a dugong, and Mikimoto Pearl Island, both a short walk from Kintetsu Toba Station.
  • Iga Ueno — Ninja exhibits, shows and the Ninja Museum of Igaryu, about 10 minutes on foot from Uenoshi Station on the Iga Railway.
  • Nagashima — Home of Nagashima Spa Land, an amusement park.