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A Sengen shrine founded around 1620 — its miniature Fuji-zuka mound gave the commoners of Soka-juku the blessings of Mt. Fuji pilgrimage without the journey

An ancient Tendai temple founded around 1000 — the Eleven-Faced Kannon's manifold compassion has saved all manner of beings along the Nikko Kaido for over a millennium

A guardian shrine rooted in ancient reverence for a 'sacred marsh' — protecting the rice fields and waterways of Nikko Kaido's Soka-juku since the Heian period

A Shinmei shrine of the Ise tradition founded around 1550 — Amaterasu's solar power has blessed Soka's harvests and guided safe travel on the Nikko Kaido

A Hachiman shrine founded around 1240 in the warrior faith tradition — Emperor Ojin's martial blessing has watched over both merchant prosperity and safe births in Soka

An Inari shrine from around 1700 in the city of Soka senbei and Matsubara pines — its vermilion torii gates stand for the blessings of both harvest and trade

The chief guardian of Soka City, founded in the late Muromachi period — standing alongside the nationally designated Soka Matsubara pines where Matsuo Basho once walked

An ancient Soka temple founded around 1280 — Fudo Myo-o's goma rites have shielded Nikko Kaido travelers from misfortune through the centuries

A Jodo temple founded around 1440 whose name evokes Amida's illuminating compassion — the ancestral rite center of the town famed for Soka senbei rice crackers

A Soto Zen temple founded around 1680 where dragon deity worship blends with Buddhist compassion — a distinctive place of ancestral veneration in Soka