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Guardian shrine of Angyo's famous nursery district, whose plants adorned Edo's daimyo gardens since the Edo period
15 min walk from SR Totsuka-Angyo Station
2042 Angyo-hara, Kawaguchi, Saitama
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A shrine in Angyo, Kawaguchi City, enshrining Susanoo as the guardian deity of a district nationally renowned for its ornamental plant and nursery industry. The shrine has been revered by gardeners and nursery owners of Angyo, whose plants adorned Edo's gardens and daimyo estates since the Edo period.
Angyo Hikawa Shrine is said to have been founded around 1500, during the late Muromachi period. The shrine enshrines Susanoo no Mikoto as its principal deity and has long served as the guardian shrine of the Angyo district in present-day Kawaguchi City, Saitama. During the medieval period, it functi…
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "素戔嗚尊"
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