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A fire-deity shrine invited from Atago in Kyoto — potters of Japan's Kasama pottery town have prayed here for safe kiln firings for over a thousand years

A Tendai temple founded by Ennin around 850 — its Amida Nyorai retaining refined Fujiwara sculptural style is designated a Ibaraki Prefecture cultural asset

Enshrined by the Kasama lord who brought his homeland's Suwa deity from Shinano — warriors and farmers have prayed side by side for martial fortune and harvests

Twenty-third temple of the Bandō 33 — Kasama Kannon founded in 651 by a hunter, relocated when Kasama Castle was built, revived in the modern era as an independent Fumon-sect temple

One of Japan's three great Inari shrines since 651 — over 3.5 million worshippers a year make Kasama Inari Shrine the grandest Inari in the Kanto region

A Shingon temple traced to Kukai's eastern pilgrimage — goma fire rituals still blaze here, burning away worldly desires in Kasama's esoteric training ground

A castle-town Pure Land temple under Kasama domain patronage since around 1600 — its bell has marked the hours of Kasama for generations

Founded by the Kasama clan in the Kamakura period as their family temple — successive clan tombstones remain on the hillside near the castle ruins

A Nichiren temple where Lotus Sutra faith took root in Kasama during the Muromachi period — the Oeshiki festival with a thousand lanterns is a cherished autumn tradition

Founded in 1219 when Kasama Castle was built atop 205-meter Mount Sashiro — eight centuries of castle and shrine history overlap on this hilltop