Hikawa Shrine 氷川神社

Hikawa Shrine 氷川神社 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Shinto shrine located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Musashi Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on August 1. The district of Omiya, literally "Great Shrine", derives from the special favor shown by Emperor Meiji, who raised Hikawa above all other shrines in the Kantō region.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, p. 391. It is the head of a network of approximately 280 Hikawa shrines mostly around the Kantō region.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hikawa-jinja" in . Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: None
official website: http://musashiichinomiya-hikawa.or.jp/

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