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Nanko Shrine
It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu, lord of the Shirakawa domain. It adjoins Nanko Park, held to be the oldest public park in Japan, which Sadanobu opened to people of every rank.
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Kashima Jinja (Shirakawa)
Its deity was invited from Kashima in Hitachi. A shrine guarding the frontier of the north.
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Nanko Jinja
It enshrines Matsudaira Sadanobu. Nanko Park is among the oldest public parks in Japan.
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Shirakawa Daruma
Its whole face is built from lucky symbols: crane eyebrows, turtle whiskers, and pine, bamboo and plum in the sideburns and beard, to a design commissioned by the local lord.
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Nanko Park
Opened to all classes in 1801 by Matsudaira Sadanobu - arguably Japan's first public park.
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Komine Castle
Its turret rebuilt in real timber; after the 2011 quake the stone walls were reassembled stone by numbered stone.