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The founding holy land of Nichiren Buddhism where in 1253 Nichiren first chanted 'Namu Myoho Renge Kyo' at dawn

The 'Boso Ise Shrine' founded in 1184 after Yoritomo vowed to build it when he fled to Awa and prayed for victory

The site of the 1264 Komatsubara Persecution where disciple Kyoninbo was martyred, with a thousand-year sacred maki tree standing in this Nichiren holy land

The guardian of Kamogawa revered by the Satomi clan of Hakkenden fame, with an autumn mikoshi procession praying for sea safety and rich catches

A Nichiren head temple at Kominato where the saint was born in 1222, beside the Special Natural Monument sea where sacred sea bream swim as his incarnation

A Nichiren temple founded in 1280 in Awa, Nichiren's homeland, spreading the Lotus Sutra from a hilltop overlooking the Pacific

A Soto Zen temple founded in the Muromachi era and revered by the Satomi clan, with a dry garden reflecting Zen spirit on Kamogawa's hills

A coastal Suwa shrine where medieval Awa warriors invited Takeminakata from Shinano, guarding both fishing and farming

A Lotus Sutra temple in Kamogawa, birthplace of Nichiren Buddhism, with precinct steles marking the saint's missionary footsteps

A Nichiren Buddhist temple (mountain name: Myoseiz…