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Tenmangu shrine guarding scholarly achievement since around 1300, nurtured by the learning culture of waterway commerce

Inari shrine granting prosperity blessings in the merchant town of Itako that flourished through Tone River trade

Kashima shrine enshrined in each hamlet of the waterside region since the Kamakura period for martial fortune

Heian-period Tendai temple on hills overlooking Lake Kitaura, renowned for ten thousand hydrangea blooms

Nembutsu temple whose cemetery gravestones narrate Itako's history of prosperous waterway commerce

Muromachi-period Zen temple conveying a dry landscape garden and Zen spirit amid the waterside tranquility

Renowned temple said to have been founded by Yoritomo, preserving a 1264 bronze bell as an Important Cultural Property

Shingon temple on an Ushihori hilltop overlooking Lake Kasumigaura, conducting goma rites since the Heian period

Chief guardian of waterside Itako, celebrated for its Gion Festival counted among Kanto's three great festivals

Chief guardian of waterside Itako with ties to Yoritomo, bustling during the annual iris festival