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The mountain castle Hojo Soun built as the foundation of a century of Later Hojo rule, holding out 100 days against Hideyoshi

The birthplace of Hojo Tokimasa, Masako, and Yoshitoki — the founding site of the clan that built the Kamakura shogunate

A UNESCO World Heritage reverberatory furnace completed in 1857 — the only surviving example in Japan built for cannon casting

Founded by Hojo Tokimasa, housing five National Treasure sculptures attributed to master Unkei

The well said to have been used for the birth-bathing of Hojo Masako, the Nun Shogun, born here in 1157

An ancient Jodo-shu temple in Izu-no-kuni associated with the Hojo clan, in the very heartland of their origins

One of Japan's oldest private residences, where enlightened magistrate Egawa Hidetatu baked Japan's first bread

A Rinzai Zen temple revered by Hojo Soun as his spiritual foundation for ruling Izu from Nirayama

The Izu exile site where the 14-year-old Yoritomo spent 20 years, met Masako, and prepared to found the Kamakura shogunate

The Hachimangu where Yoritomo prayed for victory in 1180 before raising his forces — the starting point of the Kamakura shogunate