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The Tendai temple of Monk Tenkai: Edo Castle quarters rebuilt here house 'Iemitsu's birthroom' and 538 unique rakan statues

Founded in 540 CE as the chief guardian of Kawagoe — enshrines two married-couple deities, hosts the UNESCO-listed Kawagoe Festival

In 1546 Hojo Ujiyasu's 8,000 night-attacked 80,000 — site of one of the three great surprise attacks of the Sengoku era

A branch of the great Kumano Sanzan shrines, beloved for matchmaking and the unique 'foot fortune-telling' walkway

A Shingon branch of Naritasan Shinshoji: Fudo Myoo's flame and the monthly 28th fair draw devotees from across Kanto

A Jodo temple founded in 1549 by a Hojo retainer for his mother — the rubbing-Binzuru statue is said to heal ailments

Founded by Ota Dokan and the stage of Hojo Ujiyasu's night victory at Kawagoe — a 'Little Edo' castle with a rare surviving palace; one of Japan's 100 Fine Castles

Built by Tenkai where Ieyasu's funeral cortege rested for four days — one of Japan's four great Toshogu shrines

One of Kawagoe's Three Tendai Temples, sister to Kita-in, said to be founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin and endowed by Shogun Iemitsu

Founded in 1030 by Minamoto no Yorinobu for the Taira rebellion — a 600-year-old twin-trunked ginkgo symbolizes matchmaking