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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(Text) CC BY-SA