Namiki Area Shrine
神奈川県
The ancestral tutelary shrine of old Tomioka village, relocated to Tomioka Comprehensive Park when the area was developed on reclaimed land in the 1970s — embodying Kanazawa's rapid urbanization
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5 min walk from Seaside Line Namiki-Chuo Station
1-18 Namiki, Kanazawa, Yokohama
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The tutelary shrine of the Namiki area. Although the neighborhood around Seaside Line Namiki-Chuo Station is a new town developed on reclaimed land in the 1970s, this shrine is revered as the ancestral tutelary deity of the old Tomioka area by local residents.
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This shrine is believed to have served as the tutelary deity of the old Tomioka village from ancient times. Although its exact founding date is unknown, it is said to have been venerated as a spiritual cornerstone for the people of Tomioka from the medieval through the early modern period, when sett…
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