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氷川神社
Hikawa Shrines​

Sacred Tokyo 40 Shinto Shrines

Hikawa Jinja are mostly to be found in Saitama and adjacent areas in Tokyo. The main shrine is the Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine in Omiya, Saitama. They are closely linked to the migration of what became the ruling clan of Musashi Province from Izumo in the fifth century BC; along with them they brought the worship of Susanoo-no-Mikoto. There are slightly under 300 Hikawa Jinja in existence: my database contains 242.

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Hikawa Jinja described on this site

(listed alphabetically by location)

 

 

Saitama-ken

Asahi Hikawa Jinja                     Kawaguchi-shi​

Chinjyu Hikawa Jinja                 Kawaguchi-shi

Hikawa-Nyotai Jinja                  Saitama-shi

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Tokyo

​Naka-chō Hikawa Jinja             Adachi-ku

​Ōkawa-chō Hikawa Jinja          Adachi-ku

​Senjumoto Hikawa Jinja           Adachi-ku

Hikawa Jinja                              Bunkyō-ku

​Minamisawa Hikawa Jinja      Higashikurume-shi

​Monzen Hikawa Jinja                Higashikurume-shi

Akasaka Hikawa Jinja               Minato-ku, Akasaka

Azabu Hikawa Jinja                   Minato-ku

​Nakano Hikawa Jinja                Nakano-ku

Numabukuro Jinja                      Nakano-ku

​Shinmei Hikawa Jinja              Nakano-ku

​Kitami Hikawa Jinja                  Setagaya-ku

​Shibuya Hikawa Jinja                 Toshima-ku​​​​​​​

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