A Hikawa shrine in Niikura, Wako City, enshrining Susanoo as the local tutelary deity. Part of the Musashi Province Hikawa faith network, it has served as a guardian of agriculture and community safety through the city's transformation from farmland to suburb of Tokyo.

Niikura Hikawa Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1100 CE (the second year of Kōwa), in the late Heian period. It was established as one of the Hikawa faith shrines spread throughout Musashi Province, enshrining Susanoo no Mikoto as its principal deity and serving as a guardian…