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Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The townscape of Sawara (Katori City, Chiba Prefecture) is an area that beautifully preserves the scenery of a town that prospered through water transportation and commerce since the Edo period. Old merchant houses, storehouses, and white plaster-walled buildings line the Ono River. The town is also known as "Water Town," and the river is used as a transportation hub for daily life and logistics...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Katori Shrine is an ancient shrine located in Katori City, Chiba Prefecture, and is the head shrine of the Katori Shrines that are spread across the Kanto and Tohoku regions. The main deity enshrined there is Futsunushi-no-Mikoto, who has long been worshipped as the guardian deity of military fortune, navigation, and industry. According to the shrine's legend...