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Founded in 717 by the monk Taicho at the behest of Empress Gensho, housing a graceful Heian-period Eleven-faced Kannon and a Muromachi-era main hall as National Treasures

The origin of the over-1,200-year-old Omizuri ceremony, where sacred water from Wakasa is sent to Nara's Nigatsu-do hall of Todaiji

An ancient temple near the Wakasa provincial capital dating to the Nara period, where a National Treasure seated Yakushi Nyorai rests amid quiet mountain scenery

A pilgrimage route through Wakasa's rich Buddhist heritage since the Heian period, visiting temples with National Treasure and Important Cultural Property Buddhist images

An ancient temple said to have been founded by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro in 807, whose National Treasure main hall and pagoda from the Kamakura period still stand in Wakasa

A Jodo sect temple whose Muromachi-era dry garden, associated with the Wakasa Takeda clan, is designated a National Scenic Beauty for its refined composition of white sand and stones

Founded in 741 by imperial edict of Emperor Shomu, with foundation stones from the Nara period still remaining on the grounds

The lower head shrine of Wakasa Province with a National Treasure hall, the sacred origin of the water-sending ritual to Nara's Todaiji each March

The sea fortress of Wakasa, built by Kyogoku Takatsugu on Wakasa Bay and ruled by the Sakai clan until the Meiji era

The Sakai clan family temple famed for the cave where the legendary 800-year-old nun Yaobikuni is said to have entered final meditation