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Founded in 1695 when a spirit was invited from Omiya Hikawa Shrine, the first shrine of Musashi Province; it served travelers on the Nakasendo's Itabashi-juku, and a chikara-ishi strength stone in the precinct preserves the Edo tradition of strength competitions.

A Jodo temple founded in the Oei era (1394-1428); its 13-meter Tokyo Daibutsu erected in 1977 — Japan's third-largest after Nara and Kamakura — was dedicated to the memory of war and earthquake victims and for world peace.

A Shingon Buzan temple founded in the Tensho era (1573-92); it guarded travelers on the Nakasendo's Itabashi-juku post town, and an Edo-period Koshinto pillar from the Kyoho era preserves the station's history.

A Shingon Buzan temple founded in 1591 by Hoin Kenyu; enshrining the Eleven-faced Kanzeon Bosatsu, it is said to have received land from Tokugawa Ieyasu upon his entry into Kanto, and Edo-period stone Buddhas and pagodas still dot its quiet precinct.

A celebrated Soto Zen temple founded by Chiba Yoritsugu in the Oei era; in 1841 artillery expert Takashima Shuhan conducted Japan's first Western-style artillery drill here, and a memorial stone marks this pioneering moment of modernization.

An ancient shrine in the Akatsuka district said to have been founded in the Kamakura period, tied to Akatsuka Castle and the Musashi Chiba clan; its 300-year-old lion dance is designated an intangible folk cultural asset of Itabashi-ku, performed each October.

Founded in 1305 by inviting a spirit from Ise Jingu, with over 700 years of history; it stands at the heart of the Tokiwadai residential neighborhood developed in the 1930s, and its great zelkova tree is designated a protected tree of Itabashi-ku.

Akatsuka Castle was a Japanese castle in Itabashi…

The oldest Tenjin shrine in Itabashi Ward, preserving the nationally designated Tagyugi ritual

A Shingon Buzan temple founded in the Tensho era (1573-92); its Enma-do hall with a life-size King Enma statue draws worshippers each January and July, and the Enma stamp seal is one of the most sought-after items on the Itabashi temple circuit.