The chief tutelary shrine of Shinjuku, adjacent to Kabukicho, renowned for its Edo-period Tori no Ichi festival and the Geino Asama sub-shrine for performing artists.
Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward, is the chief tutelary shrine of Shinjuku, enshrined as the guardian deity at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early Edo period.
The principal deities are Kuramitama no Mikoto (Inari deity), Yamato Takeru no Mikoto, and Ukemochi no Kami, widely known for blessings of business prosperity, matchmaking, and good fortune.
Famous as Tokyo's premi…
Hanazono Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1648 (Keian 1), in the early Edo period. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, an Inari shrine enshrining Kuramitama no Mikoto was placed as the tutelary deity of the Shinjuku area. It is said that the shrine was originall…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "倉稲魂命・日本武尊・受持神"
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