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A Hachiman guardian watching over Wako's transformation from Kamakura-era farmland to Tokyo suburb
7 min walk from Tobu Tojo Line Wakoshi Station
1-chome Minami, Wako, Saitama
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A Hachimangu shrine in Minami, Wako City, enshrining Emperor Ojin. Hachiman faith linked to the Minamoto clan took root here in Musashi Province. Even as Wako transitioned from farmland to urban area adjacent to Tokyo, the shrine has remained a guardian rooted in community life.
Wako Hachimangu Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1230, during the mid-Kamakura period. Hachiman faith, centered on Emperor Ojin (Homudawake no Mikoto) as the tutelary deity of the Minamoto clan, spread widely among warriors from the late Heian period onward, leading to the es…
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Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "応神天皇"
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