Nishikoorijinja Shrine

About 500m north of Kintetsu Nagano Line's Kawanishi Station, this shrine sits in the former Nishikoori District (once called Nishikori), a key waterway link between the Naniwa port and the Yamato capital that brought continental culture — believed to be the site of the 'Kudarago' settlement mentioned in the Heian-era dictionary Wamyosho. One theory traces the name 'Nishikori' (meaning 'weaving brocade') to Baekje weavers who settled here and presented silk to the imperial court. The 1363-founded main hall, an ornate three-bay irimoya-style building lacquered and painted under a cypress-bark roof, is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property along with its side shrines.