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A Tendai temple said to have been founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin in 850, with giant cedar trees silently telling its history

The first shrine of Shimosa heading about 400 Katori shrines nationwide, whose Genroku black-lacquered main hall and National Treasure bronze mirror convey its martial prestige

A Shingon temple founded in the Oei era, a faith base in Little Edo where festival floats pass its gates during the Sawara Grand Festival

A Kamakura-era Hachiman shrine protected by Omigawa Castle lords, whose July Gion float procession is eastern Katori's greatest festival

An ancient shrine founded in 708, famed for its catfish divine-messenger faith warding off earthquakes and the December Teppo Festival

The stage of the Sawara Grand Festival registered as UNESCO Intangible Heritage, where 14 floats parade through the Tone River waterside town

A Shingon temple sustained by Sawara's Tone River merchants, whose monthly Kannon fair bustled before its gates

A renowned Jodo temple known as Ino Tadataka's bodai temple, housing his grave designated a national historic site

The primary subsidiary shrine of Katori Jingu, whose deity of hidden identity accompanies the main shrine's 12-yearly Shikinen Festival

A shrine in Oto, Katori (read Oto Jinja)