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The Shitamachi temple Tora-san always returns to — its corridor of 20-year Lotus Sutra wood carvings is unsurpassed

A martial deity transferred from Katori Jingu, with Edo stone lanterns still standing in this Shitamachi sanctuary

Founded with a spirit from Ise Jingu in 1869, standing on the site of Shogun Yoshimune's falconry palace

Guardian shrine of iris-famed Horikiri with a founding tradition of 1165, counted among the Horikiri Shichifukujin

A 200-meter approach of dango and senbei shops where a bronze Tora-san welcomes visitors in timeless Shitamachi style

A Tendai temple enshrining the Medicine Buddha famed for healing eye ailments, with medieval stone Buddhas in the grounds

An Edo-era Fuji-ko sacred mound survives at this Sengen shrine devoted to Konohana Sakuyahime for safe childbirth

Shrine of the water deity on the flood-prone lowlands between the Arakawa and Nakagawa rivers — living testament to Katsushika's flood history

Healing Buddha hall where fishermen and farmers prayed for recovery — worshippers still gather for the first Yakushi of the New Year

Suwa Shrine in Higashi-koiwa…