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Saitama-ken, Kawaguchi-shi Aoki 5-18−48 埼玉県川口市青木5-18−48 June 3, 2024

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 Chinjyu Hikawa Jinja

​鎮守氷川神社

 

Nearest station: Nishikawaguchi   Line: JR Tohoku Honsen

Sacred Tokyo 40 Shinto Shrines

This is one of the 150 or so Hikawa Jinja in Saitama-ken, nine of which are in Kawaguchi-shi. It was founded in the early years of the Muromachi Period, sometime during the Ōei era (1394-1428), and is one of the oldest shrines in Musashi Province. Various buildings in the shrine have been rebuilt on numerous occasions and following the enactment of the Shrime Merger Order in 1906 a total of 17 local shrines were  merged into Chinjyu Hikawa Jinja in 1907. Some of these shrines till stand in the ground of yje main shrine. Of the 17, 9 were Inari,. In 1884 (Meiji 17) the Main and Prayer Halls were reconstructed. During the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 the Prayer Hall and main torii were destroyed and a new torii and other buildings were erected in 1927 to commemorate the accession of the Showa Emperor two years earlier..In 1986 extensive restorations were funded by parishioner groups.

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(Note: numbers in parentheses after kami names refer to position in How Many Kami table)

Enshrined Kami:  

Main


Susano-o-no mikoto (57)   素盞嗚尊

Kushinachi-mikoto              櫛真智命

In-ground Subordinate Shrines:

Benten-Sha  弁天社 
Furumine Jinj     古峰神社
Sengen Jinja    浅間神社
Tenjin-Sha     天神社
Mitsumine Jinja  峰神社
Inari Jinja     稲荷神社

Isozaki Jinja    磯前神社

Outside Subordinate Shrines:
Asahi Hikawa Jinja  朝日氷川神社

 Kawaguchi-shi Asahi 1-3-15

Kamiaoki Hikawa Jinja  上青木氷川神社

Kawaguchi-shi Kamiaoki2-27-26号

Inari Jinja 稲荷神社
Kawaguchi-shi Ryoke 2-14-15号

 

​Annual Festival:  October 19, 29

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