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The Second Shrine of Hitachi Province listed in the Engishiki, with an ancient sacred grove designated a prefectural natural monument

A Shingon temple founded in 807 CE, dominated by a towering 16-meter Bishamonten statue in the grounds

The dedicated shrine of the ancient Naka kuni-no-miyatsuko recorded in the Hitachi Fudoki, chief guardian of Naka City

The Sosha of Nukada District listed in the Engishiki, an ancient shrine of Okuninushi that grew alongside Nakagawa River agriculture

A shrine of Takemikazuchi invited from Kashima Jingu, revered by the Satake clan along the Nakagawa River basin

An Engishiki shrine ranked as the Second Shrine of Hitachi, jointly enshrining Takemikazuchi and Futsunushi

A Soto Zen temple founded in the Muromachi period as the family temple of Naka warriors, nurturing local Zen culture

An ancient shrine said to date to the Heian period, famous in Naka when its wisteria blooms purple in spring