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The castle ruins of Naoe Kanetsugu, famed for the ai (love) crest on his helmet, setting of the 2009 NHK Taiga drama Tenchijin.

A Sengoku-period mountain castle ruin in Yamakoshi, stronghold of local warriors who came under Uesugi Kenshin's rule.

An ancient shrine on Mt. Kinpu said to have been visited by Minamoto no Yoshitsune during his flight to northern Japan.

A Nara-period temple said to have been founded by Gyoki, home to one of Japan's rare sokushinbutsu — the mummified Kochi Hoin.

The Soto Zen temple in Tochio where the young Uesugi Kenshin, then called Torachiyo, trained in Zen from around age 7.

A Kumano shrine drawing worshippers from across Japan for its renowned power to sever bad ties and forge good ones.

The tutelary shrine of Tochio castle town where Uesugi Kenshin is said to have come of age, enshrining the fire-protection deity.

The mountain castle ruin where 14-year-old Uesugi Kenshin fought his celebrated first battle, earning his name across Echigo.

A shrine founded in the Edo period as the guardian of the Makino clan, lords of Nagaoka Domain, set within Mt. Yukyu-zan Park.

A Jodo sect ancient temple that preserved its sacred flame through the Boshin War and the Nagaoka air raids.