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A Hikawa Shrine in Hanyu City enshrining Susanoo no Mikoto as the principal deity, venerated for warding off evil and good relationships. As one of the Hikawa shrines spread across Musashi Province, it has long served as an ancient tutelary shrine in Hanyu. The precinct is lined with giant zelkova and cedar trees forming a guardian forest that tells its long history.

Hanyu Hikawa Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1100, during the late Heian period. As one of the Hikawa shrines that spread throughout Musashi Province, it enshrines Susanoo no Mikoto as its principal deity and has long served as the tutelary guardian of the farming communitie…