Goza-no-Ishi Shrine

Goza-no-Ishi means 'the rock where someone sat'; the legend places the local lord's resting stone here. Today the shrine grounds run down to the lake edge with a small vermillion torii standing 50 meters offshore. A 1,300-year-old cedar grows beside the inner shrine. The setting is the second-most-photographed Lake Tazawa view after the Tatsuko Statue.