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Founded by Minamoto no Yoritomo as a battle prayer in 1189, later guardian of the literary village home to Akutagawa

Yoshimune planted cherry trees here in 1720 — later Shibusawa Eiichi's home for 40 years; his surviving pavilions are Important Cultural Properties

One of the Tokyo Ten Shrines — 600-year-old ginkgo tree and Oji Dengaku dance designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property

Founded by Ota Dokan inside Inatsuke Castle in 1476 — his personal Buddha image and wooden statue are enshrined here, opened to the public at the April Dokan Festival

Said to have been founded in 784 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro — 1,200-year-old shrine where worshippers pass under the Shinkansen viaduct

"Shiki-dera" — the Tabata temple where haiku pioneer Masaoka Shiki is buried alongside ceramist Itaya Hazan and judo master Yokoyama Sakujiro

Stone Nio guardians erected in 1641 to quell epidemics — devotees still paste red paper on the statue to heal ailments

Chief Inari shrine of the Kanto region — famous for the legend of foxes gathering on New Year's Eve and the annual Fox Procession parade

Kanto's chief Inari shrine where Minamoto no Yoriyoshi prayed before the Oshu campaign — the February kite market has continued since Edo times

Starting point of the New Year's Eve Fox Procession — the small shrine where Kanto foxes are said to have dressed in their ceremonial robes