The chief guardian shrine of the Chichibu region with over 2,100 years of history, enshrining the ancestor of the Chichibu provincial governor.
The "Chichibu Yomatsuri" (Night Festival) held here is one of Japan's three great float-pulling festivals and is registered as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The current shrine buildings were donated by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1592 and are richly decorate…
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Origins
Founded around 87 BCE during Emperor Sujin's reign when Chichibu-hiko, ancestor of the Chichibu provincial governor, enshrined the ancestral deity here.
Listed in the Engishiki as "Chichibu Jinja," the shrine held the rank of the fourth shrine of Musashi Province. During the medieval period it was r…
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Divine Benefits
Academic Success
Business Prosperity
Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Warding Off Evil
Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "八意思兼命・知知夫彦命・天之御中主神・秩父宮雍仁親王"
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Festivals & Events
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Chichibu Kawase Festival
This month
The summer festival of Chichibu Shrine, paired with the winter Night Festival. The highlight is pulling floats into the Arakawa River for "mikoshi washing." The combination of water splashes and float competitions in summer heat is thrilling.