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Ancient shrine enshrining Yamato Takeru and said to be the origin of the Zama place name, with a spring still flowing from the plateau bluff

A hillside Tenmangu from the Oei era overlooking the Sagami Plain — plum blossoms and exam-success ema fill the grounds each spring

Chief guardian of Zama for over 1,300 years, said to have been founded in Emperor Kinmei's reign — its sacred grove is a natural monument

The 8th station of the Bando 33 pilgrimage, home to one of Japan's oldest temple bells — a National Important Cultural Property

A Zama shrine said to date to around 701 — enshrining five deities and serving the community for over a millennium

A Soto Zen temple endowed by Sagami samurai in the Sengoku period, with old family gravestones still filling the cemetery

An Inari shrine from the Genroku era, now serving Sagamigaoka's urban community with the traditional Hatsuma business-prosperity festival

A Pure Land temple founded in the Keicho era, where an Edo-period Amida Nyorai continues to watch over the Kurihara community

A Soto Zen temple from 1550 rooted in the Oyama-road post town of Niitashuku, with pioneers' gravestones in the cemetery

A Hachiman shrine on the Sagamino plateau rising from Kamakura-era warrior faith, with an autumn mikoshi and lion dance festival