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Stronghold of five generations of Hojo — Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1590 siege here ended the Sengoku era and unified Japan

The ancient shrine at the origin of the place name 'Kamonomiya' — the Azuma Kagami records that Yoritomo dedicated a sacred horse here in 1192 praying for Masako's safe delivery.

Chief tutelary shrine of Odawara tracing to the Heian period — the May grand festival fills the castle-town streets with mikoshi and floats

The graves of Hojo Ujimasa and Ujiteru — the last Hojo lords who took their own lives after Hideyoshi's 1590 siege

Founded by Hojo Ujiyasu's retainer — Sengoku warriors' stone stupas from the 1590 Odawara campaign still line the graveyard

A Shingon temple in Odawara said to be founded by Kobo Daishi in the Heian period — its centuries-old ginkgo blazes golden each autumn

A Soto Zen temple founded by Hojo clan retainers in the Sengoku period — a serene training hall overlooking the Hakone mountains in western Odawara

The restored thatched farmhouse where Ninomiya Kinjiro was born in 1787 — origin of the iconic image of the boy reading while carrying firewood

Founded by Hojo Soun to guard the demon-gate of Odawara Castle, enshrining a mandala attributed to Saint Nichiren himself

An Odawara shrine founded in 1491 — enshrining Miura Yoshioki, whose severed head legendarily flew here after his defeat by Hojo Soun