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An ancient shrine from around 1100 at the Shimosa-Musashi border — enshrining Yamato Takeru and evoking the history of the Sakasai ferry crossing that once connected both provinces

Established around 1300 by Koiwa Castle warriors who enshrined Hachiman from Iwashimizu — a shrine that journeyed from samurai worship to everyday guardian faith along the Mito Kaido

Founded by Gyoki in 730 — the 'Yogo no Matsu,' a massive five-needle pine designated a Tokyo Natural Monument and said to have been visited by Matsuo Basho, spreads its legendary branches

The largest guardian shrine of Koiwa, founded around 1200 — every July its 'Koiwa Gion' festival brings portable shrines of Susanoo through Edogawa's streets in one of the ward's biggest celebrations

A Soto Zen temple founded around 1720 near the Sakasai ferry — serving the memorial needs of Edogawa rivermen and today offering zazen sessions to city-dwellers seeking stillness

Hozoji's Yakushi Hall founded around 1650 — farmers and fishermen who depended on the Arakawa waterway prayed to the healing Buddha here for recovery from eye ailments and illness

A Jodo family temple from around 1620, repeatedly rebuilt by parishioners after Edogawa floods — the enduring center of ancestral memorial rites for the Hirai community

A Suwa shrine venerated by the lords of Hirai Castle in the medieval period — Takeminakata protects this low-lying Edogawa district from floods and guards its fields

A Shingon temple from around 1680 offering a sand-treading replica of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage — bringing the merit of Kukai's circuit to the streets of North Koiwa

A Koiwa temple enshrining Jizo who saves all beings across the six realms — a roadside guardian for Mito Kaido travelers and still home to the children's Jizo-bon festival each summer