Kamakura

The Iino Family Documents, 1,683 papers from the priests of Iino Hachimangu in Iwaki, Fukushima, begin in 1204; 210 medieval pieces record estate rule.

At Nyoho-ji in Koriyama, Fukushima, this stone slab stupa of 1276 is the best-preserved itabi memorial in Tohoku, an Amida-centered Important Cultural Property.

Discover Eryū-ji Kannon-dō, an Important Cultural Property in Aizubange, Fukushima. This Kamakura-period thatched-roof hall houses an extraordinary 8.5-meter Senju Kannon carved from a single standing tree, flanked by a complete set of 28 guardian deities.

Kumano Jinja Nagatoko in Kitakata, Fukushima, is an early-Kamakura worship hall of 44 open pillars and no walls. Walk among the columns beside its golden ginkgo.

A late-Kamakura shrine at Koan-ji in Fukushima once held a bronze Kannon triad. Restored in the 1970s, it now holds Benzaiten, among Aizu's oldest buildings.

Terraces, ramparts, and dry moats on a wooded ridge above the Abukuma River mark Shirakawa Castle, the Yuki clan seat abandoned after their fall in 1590.

Ancestral seat of Date Masamune's clan in Fukushima: a medieval lord's residence, its planned town, and the only confirmed garden in a Tohoku warrior house.