Ichihara

Ichihara lies on the eastern shore of Edo Bay in Kazusa. At Yawata, the Hachiman shrine served the local estate and was also associated with the gods of the province as a whole. Medieval documents record the transfer of the office responsible for its Buddhist administration, showing how a shrine's affairs were intertwined with estate rights and the Kamakura government. The settlement around the shrine grew beside the routes and waters of the bay.