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Vermillion shrine dedicated to the textile deity Ame-yachichihime, built in 1937 modeled on Byodoin Phoenix Hall — a Japan Night View Heritage site overlooking Ashikaga and the Watarase River

Vermillion shrine atop a hill of 229 stone steps — the seven-colored torii symbolize seven bonds; designated a 'Lovers' Sanctuary' and certified Japan Night View Heritage for its panoramic nightscape

Branched from Kyoto's Gion Shrine in 869 — the chief guardian of Ashikaga venerated by the Ashikaga clan as their tutelary deity, celebrated for the July Gion Festival

Japan's oldest school, revived by Uesugi Norizane in the Muromachi period — introduced to the world by Francis Xavier as 'the greatest university of Bando'; designated a National Special Historic Site

An ancient Jodo temple revered by the Ashikaga clan since Yoshikane's era — the late Heian-period Amida statue preserves the Pure Land devotion of the Ashikaga through the ages

Built in 1196 by Ashikaga Yoshikane — the medieval warrior residence now surviving as Banna-ji Temple, its square moats and earthworks intact as a designated National Historic Site

A national natural monument of granite boulders crowned by the 30-meter Okuishi — an ancient sacred rock worship site where Benzaiten is enshrined amid mystical moss-covered scenery

Founded by the Ashikaga domain in 1705 as guardian of textile craft — famous for the 229-step 'Matchmaking Slope' approach and a night panorama certified as Japan Night View Heritage

An ancient Shingon Buzan temple traced to Kukai's eastern circuit — standing on the birthplace of the Ashikaga clan, preserving the flame of esoteric Buddhism for nearly 1,200 years

Founded in 1196 by Ashikaga Yoshikane to pray for his father — the Pure Land garden modeled on Byodoin survives as an excavated ruin within the National Historic Site 'Ashikaga Clan Remains'