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Kasukabe Hachiman Jinja

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The chief guardian founded in 1205 when the Kasukabe clan enshrined Hachiman from Tsurugaoka, with a 700-year-old sacred ginkgo

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1205

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Shrine

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10 min walk from Tobu Kasukabe Station

3-1-20 Kasukabe-higashi, Kasukabe, Saitama

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Shrine

Founded 1205

821 years

Enshrined Deity

誉田別命

Overview

The chief guardian shrine of Kasukabe City, said to have been founded in 1205 during the Kamakura period. The deity Hondawake (Emperor Ojin) is worshipped for lasting martial fortune and competitive luck. A giant ginkgo tree, designated a prefectural natural monument, towers in the grounds, turning golden in autumn. Founded when the Kasukabe clan, retainers of Minamoto no Yoritomo, governed this a…

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Origins

Founded in 1205 when the ancestor of the Kasukabe clan enshrined Hachiman from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu. The Kasukabe were Kamakura shogunate retainers with holdings in Musashi, devoting themselves to developing this area. In the Muromachi period, the Koga Kubo Ashikaga clan revered it and maintained t…

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Divine Benefits

Martial Fortune

Safe Childbirth & Fertility

Career Advancement

Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.

Derived from the enshrined deity "誉田別命（応神天皇）"

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Minamoto no Yoritomo

First Shogun of Kamakura

Age 58 at founding (posthumous)

The Kasukabe clan, vassals of Minamoto no Yoritomo, were granted lands in Musashi Province through his lord-vassal system. After Yoritomo's death, the clan's founder enshrined the deity of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū here in 1205, establishing this shrine as a lasting testament to how Yoritomo's Kamakura warrior culture took root across the eastern provinces.

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