Hikawa Shrine (Nishi-Ogikubo)
東京都
A Hikawa shrine invited from Omiya around 1600, doubling as a water deity guardian along the Zenpukuji River
A Hikawa Shrine in Nishi-Ogi Minami, Suginami Ward, an ancient shrine invited from Omiya Hikawa Shrine, the first shrine of Musashino Province.
The principal deity is Susanoo no Mikoto, venerated by residents around Nishi-Ogikubo for blessings of warding off evil and matchmaking.
Hikawa shrines are numerous across the Musashino plateau, and their distribution conveys the ancient form of religious …
The shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1600, during the Keichō era, when the deity Susanoo no Mikoto was invited from Ōmiya Hikawa Shrine in present-day Saitama City, the ichinomiya (first-ranked shrine) of Musashino Province. During the Edo period, as the Tokugawa shogunate pr…
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "素盞嗚命"
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