History

It is said that this shrine was founded sometime in the Bunki Period (1501-1504) as Kumano Jinja by the seventh Lord of Setagaya Castle, Kira Yuriyasu, through the cloning (kanjō) of the Kishū Kumano deity. It was recognized as the tutelary deity of what was then Todoriki Village and its betto-ji was Mangan-ji, which is still located right across the street from the shrine at Todoroki 3-15-1. In 1872 it was formally given village ranking and in 1907 was merged with three other local shrines, Shinmei-sha, Mitake-sha, and Suwa-sha. The latter is the predecessor of the current Higashi Tamagawa Jinja. Reflecting the location, the name of the new entity was changed to Tamagawa Jinja. In 1964 a nearby Hachiman-sha, which had administered Tamagawa jinja, was absorbed. The current Main Hall was built in 1929, the previous one had been burnt down in 1918, and in 1940 the Prayer Hall and other buildings were rebuilt. The same year saw the erection of the main torii.  The shrine escaped damage during WWII.

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Description

Among other things Tamagawa Jinja has three torii, three pairs of koma-inu, and a stone lion. A signboard next to