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Founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai in 826, the well he blessed gave Nishiarai its very name—one of the Three Great Daishi Temples of Kanto, renowned for warding off misfortune.

A rare shrine to Hyozu-no-Okami, the deity of weapons, venerated by warriors in the medieval period—the lion dance offered at its autumn festival is an Adachi Ward folk performing art.

A Nichiren temple enshrining Kishimojin (Hariti) for safe childbirth and child-rearing—the October Oe-shiki lantern procession has been carried on here since the Edo period.

An Inari shrine once revered by boatmen and fishermen of Senju's riverbank—its Hatsuma and Rooster festivals each year carry on the shitamachi devotion of the old Arakawa waterfront.

Founded in 926 and standing watch over Senju—the very point from which Matsuo Basho departed on his 'Narrow Road to the Deep North' journey—this chief shrine preserves an Edo-period Mt. Fuji mound in its grounds.

Founded in 795 when a glowing stone revealed the gods—this ancient Senju shrine is the place where Matsuo Basho composed a farewell verse before departing on his 'Narrow Road to the Deep North.'

Founded in the Oei era (1394), enshrining Yamato Takeru and Amenohiwashi no Mikoto—host of the largest Tori no Ichi rooster-day fair in all of Adachi Ward every November.

Sugawara no Michizane's Tenmangu shrine in a district whose very name 'Umejima' (Plum Island) echoes the plum-tree groves—still blooming red and white in February as they did when the name was born.

An Inari shrine whose district name Shikahama recalls the deer that once roamed the Arakawa riverbanks—Edo-period fox stone statues and vermilion torii still line its approach.

Founded in 1282, the vermilion-painted sanmon gate of this Jodo-shu temple has been a landmark of the Senju post-town since the Edo period—crowds still gather twice a year for the Enma festival.