A mountain shrine in Tama Ward, Kawasaki, revered as the guardian deity of the Nikaryoyo waterway. This agricultural canal was excavated during the Keicho era (1596-1615) under orders from Tokugawa Ieyasu by Koizumi Jidayu. The faith in the water deity that supported agriculture along the canal was deep, and the shrine was the spiritual refuge of farmers praying for bountiful harvests. The precinc…

Nikaryoyama Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1611, the year when the excavation of the Nikaryo waterway was nearing completion under the direction of magistrate Koizumi Jidayu, acting on orders from Tokugawa Ieyasu. The shrine is believed to have been established to invoke th…