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A Continued 100 Fine Castles site that withstood ten attacks by Uesugi Kenshin, with impressive stone walls

A rare celestial worship shrine in Shimotsuke, part of a network of over 100 star shrines in Tochigi

A Jodo Shinshu temple founded in the Muromachi period, traditionally linked to Shinran's Kanto mission

A peak celebrated in the Manyoshu along the ancient Tosando road, dotted with dogtooth violet and poetry stones

An ancient Shimotsuke shrine of star worship, linked to Hidesato's legend of slaying the giant centipede

Founded around 950 by Hidesato from Kasuga Taisha, preserving the roots of samurai faith in Sano

The chief guardian of Sano since the Heian period, venerated by the Sano warrior clan as their protector

One of the Three Great Daishi of Kanto, founded in 944 by Hidesato, drawing over one million New Year visitors

A Soto Zen temple serving as the Sano clan's ancestral temple since medieval times, with a dry garden

A shrine atop impregnable Karasawayama Castle ruins, enshrining the warrior Fujiwara no Hidesato