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Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)

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Founded
  
1730

Founder
  
Tokugawa Yoshimune

Phone
  
+81 3-3583-1935

Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)

Website
  
www.akasakahikawa.or.jp

Address
  
Japan, 〒107-0052 Tokyo, 港区Akasaka, 6−10−12

Similar
  
Shiba Daijingū, Hie Shrine, Akasaka Station, Hakusan Shrine, Nezu Shrine

Profiles

Hikawa Shrine (氷川神社, Hikawa-jinja) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, it is the best known of the 59 branch shrines of the Hikawa jinja, which was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the former Musashi province.

History

The shrine structures were constructed in 1730 under the patronage of Tokugawa Yoshimune. This became Yoshimune's personal shrine.

References

Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka) Wikipedia