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Ohmiya-Hachimangu

4.0

95 Reviews

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Tokyo Suginami-ku Omiya 2-3-1

A Shinto shrine located in Omiya, Suginami City, Tokyo. The shrine was built in 1063 by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi. The shrine is dedicated to Emperor Ojin and his father and mother, Emperor Chuai and Empress Jingu. Due to the many events attesting to the deep bonds between these three, many worshipers visit the shrine to pray for aid in easy childbirth, childrearing, and finding marriage. The shrine grounds are host to several subordinate shrines, such as the Ohmiya-Tenmangu, which is dedicated Sugawara no Michizane.

ご祭神は応神天皇、仲哀天皇、神功皇后。お祭りをやっており、参道は賑わっていた。清涼殿前に磐座がある。本殿右側の天満宮が神さびていた。ご由緒とは違うが、元は出雲系の神社か？御朱印は書き置きのみ。御朱印帳は受けとらないが、現金は受け取るシステム。お祭りだってしてるのに。改めて欲しい。楼門前に喫煙所があったので一服（有難い）してると、目前に多摩清水社があった。宅地造成の影響で水の勢いが...
Oji-jinja Shrine

4.0

74 Reviews

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Tokyo Kita-ku Oujihonchou 1-1-12

A Shinto shrine located in Ojihon-cho, Kita City, Tokyo. The shrine is dedicated to Izanagi no Mikoto and four other principal Shinto gods termed the Oji Okami. The majority of the grounds were destroy during the war but were rebuilt as part of post-war recovery activities. A large gingko tree on the grounds avoided being damaged by the war and is designated a Natural Monument by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Seki-jinja Shrine, a subordinate ancestor shrine on the shrine's grounds, is said to provide aid to those seeking help with their hair as well as music and other performing arts.

Small but a steady stream of visitors ringing the bell. There was an amazing golden shrine on display behind glass. A nice, peaceful area for a few minutes.
Yabo Tenmagu Shrine

4.0

86 Reviews

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Tokyo Kunitachishi Yaho 5209

A Shinto shrine standing along Prefectural Road 256 in Kubo, Kunitachi City, Tokyo. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane and his son Michitake. It is the oldest Tenmangu shrine in eastern Japan. Together with the Yushima Tenmangu and Kameido Tenjin Shrine, Yabo Tenman-gu Shrine is also considered one of the three greatest Tenjin shrines in the Kanto region. In addition to the shrine's annual festival in September, a variety of events are held here throughout the year, including Fude-kuyo (a writing brush memorial service) in January; Ume-matsuri (a Japanese apricot festival) in February; and the Uso-kae-shinji (an event in which wooden sculptures of Japanese bullfinches from the previous year are replaced with new ones for good luck) in November.

菅原道真公の三男である菅原道武公が、道真公が太宰府に左遷された時に、父への尊容を刻むために建てられた神社。東日本における天満宮としては最も古く、湯島天神、亀戸天神とならび関東三天神と称される。一方で、この神社は都心から離れており、周囲が住宅街に囲まれていることから、休日でも参拝に訪れる人は少なく、境内は終始静かである。特に鳥居から拝殿前の曲がり角までは木々に覆われており、風と葉擦れの音が爽やかで...
Tamagawa Sengen Shrine

4.0

80 Reviews

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Tokyo Ota-ku Den-en-chofu 1-55-12

This shrine has Konohanasakuya-hime, the goddess of household harmony and safe and easy childbirth, as the shrine deity. The building is old and was built more than 800 years ago. It is said that it is the place where Masako Hojo, the wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo, rested as she was on her way to Mt. Fuji to pray for the safety of her husband who had gone to war. The origin of the shrine was from her putting her hands together while facing Sengen Shrine that was in the direction of Mt. Fuji. You can see Mt. Fuji on clear days even now, and admire the scenery that Hojo worshiped. The red stamp that has a different design every month is popular.

I live not far from here so visiting this place sometimes . Very quiet, with good view shrine. Beautiful view on tamagawa river. Nearest station is tamagawa. If you want to have some celebration or...
Yoshiwara-jinja Shrine

3.5

43 Reviews

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Tokyo Taitou-ku Senzoku 3-20-2

A Shinto shrine located in Senzoku, Taito City. Erected in 1872, the shrine merges five Inari (fox god) shrines which once stood in the Yoshiwara red light district. After the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Yoshiwara Benzaiten shrine, which was once located near Yoshiwara, was also merged into this shrine with the building of a new main shrine building. The current main shrine was built in 1968. Dedicated to the gods Uga no Mitama no Mikoto and Ichikishima-hime no Mikoto, the shrine grants worshipper's peace and happiness in the home, business prosperity, financial luck, and improved abilities in the performing arts.

Shogun Iyeyasu, founder of Tokugawa Government, moved to Tokyo(called as Edo in those days)in 1590 and founded the government in 1603 and many people moved in to build a new capitol. As two thirds of...
Kameido Tenjin Shrine

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Tokyo Koutou-ku Kameido 3-6-1

This shrine located in the Kameido district of Tokyo’s Koto City venerates the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane. It is also called Tozaifu Tenmangu in respect to Kyushu’s Dazaifu Tenmangu. As Michizane is a god of scholarship, the shrine is popular with students preparing for examinations in the winter. On the premises are many spots related to Michizane and Dazaifu Tenmangu such as fude-zuka (mounds built to hold a service for worn-out writing brushes) and shingyu (divine oxen). Famous for its flowers that bloom in different seasons, it has a wisteria festival from the end of April and is the best place to see wisteria in Tokyo where visitors can view the flowers all over the grounds. Along the path to the shrine from Kameido Station, the town streets overflow with the atmosphere of Tokyo’s shitamachi (working class towns).
Ushijima-jinja Shrine

4.0

81 Reviews

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Tokyo Sumida-ku Mukoujima 1-4-5

A Shinto shrine located in Sumida Park in Mukojima, Sumida City, Tokyo. The shrine was built in 860 to enshrine the god Susanoo no Mikoto. Today there are three principal deities enshrined in the shrine. It is believed that if you are sick, rubbing the same spot on the Nade-ushi (rubbing cow) statue on the shrine's grounds as the affected part of your body will cure your illness. On the final day of the shrine's annual festival in September, local neighborhood associations parade around with portable shrines and bring them onto the shrine grounds.

Loved the combination of the nature walk yo the shrine, the interesting gifts to the Emperor along the way, the wooden doors at the temple/ shrine. Was all very tasteful and beautiful.
Oji Inari-jinja Shrine

4.0

45 Reviews

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Tokyo Kita-ku Kishimachi 1-12-26

A Shinto shrine located in Kishi-machi, Kita City. This shrine serves as the head shrine for all Inari (fox god) shrines in the Kanto region. According to legend, on New Year's Eve, foxes from around Japan gather here under a tree, and, after making themselves presentable, make their first shrine visit of the new year. The famed woodblock print artist Hiroshige even depicted this event in one of his works. The Oji Fox Parade, held at the end of the year since 1993, imitates this legend, and has now become a local seasonal feature.

祭神宇迦之御魂神（うかのみたまのかみ）宇気母智之神（うけもちのかみ）和久産巣日神（わくむすびのかみ）宇気母智之神と和久産巣日神はダブりではないか？関東の稲荷の総本社の一つ。境内にいくつもの稲荷社があるが、何稲荷か不明。何処かに案内があったか？「王子」の謂れは紀州熊野。参道横に市杵島姫が祀られており、当社の大元はここではないかと思われる。ご婦人方がウォーキングツアーで来ていたの...
Suitengu Shrine

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Tokyo Chuou-ku Nihombashikakigarachou 2-4-1

Suitengu Shrine is a branch shrine of the Kurume Suitengu Shrine in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, and is well known for a place to seek easy childbirth and offer prayers for children. It began when the Arima family of the Kurume Domain established it as a branch on the grounds of their Edo land out of reverence to the Kurume Suitengu Shrine. The shrine is bustling with visitors offering prayers for easy childbirth and children, and on the premises are statues including one of a dog with its litter that presides over a 12-year Chinese zodiac for visitors to touch, and a parent-and-child set of kappa (mythical water-dwelling creatures). The cute ema (votive picture tablets) featuring a dog and its puppies is also popular. A festival is held each year on May 5th.
Onoterusaki-jinja Shrine

4.0

40 Reviews

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Tokyo Taitou-ku Shitaya 2-13-14

A Shinto shrine located in 2 Chome Shitaya, Taito City, Tokyo. The shrine was built in 852 in Ueno dedicated to the famed Heian period poet Ono no Takamura. Later, the shrine was moved to its current location and in the late Edo period also became dedicated to the scholar Sugawara no Michizane. In addition to scholarship, the shrine is also believed to aid worshippers seeking help in the performing arts. The shrine's Fuji-zuka, a Mt. Fuji-shaped mound made from lava rock from the mountain in the Edo period, is a nationally designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

小野は創建者照崎は上野地域にあった古名だそうです学業成績、合格祈願に御利益があります境内社に稲荷織姫神社があります二神が祀られている場合は額名右側が主神左側の折姫神社は相殿のようです
Hatomori Hachiman Shrine

4.0

50 Reviews

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Tokyo Shibuya-ku Sendagaya 1-1-24

A Shinto shrine located in 1 Chome Sendagaya, Shibuya City, Tokyo. The shrine is dedicated to Emperor Ojin and Empress Jingu. The main shrine building was destroyed in the war and later rebuilt, but a large sacred gingko tree on the grounds survived the destruction and still grows today. The shrine's Sendagaya no Fuji-zuka, a traditional Fuji-zuka mound modeled after Mt. Fuji, was built on the shrine's grounds in 1789, and today it is registered as a Tangible Folk Cultural Property by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

こちらは、千駄ヶ谷の住宅地にある神社です。境内には、都の有形民俗文化財指定の築山富士、「将棋の聖地」と呼ばれるが将棋堂があり、見どころがたくさんあり、外国人にも人気があるようで、当日はけっこう人がいました。
Hebikubo Shrine (Kamishinmei Tenso Shrine)

4.0

22 Reviews

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Tokyo Shinagawa-ku Futaba 4-4-12

"This old temple built in the Kamakura period (1185-1333) is also known as Hebikubo Shrine. Also known as ""The White Snake of Tokyo,"" it has the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami as its main enshrined deity. This is due to the story of a white snake that had once settled in a pond and appeared in a dream begging to be returned to its original home. This led to the establishment of Bentensha Shrine, where the white snake is enshrined. Shrines dedicated to dragon gods and white snakes are said to be ""mi ga tatsu"" (written using the characters for snake and dragon, but pronounced the same as the expression for ""standing up""), and are reputed to be places to pray for success in life. Other sacred virtues of this Tokyo power spot include warding off disaster and inviting good luck, prosperity in business, safety of one's family and physical health."

東急大井町線の中延駅は、上神明天祖神社(蛇窪神社)にやって参りました。「白蛇」は、いにしえより金運の使い（らしい）です。そんな、よこしまな気持ちを抱きつつお参りに伺いました。先ずは、木製の鳥居をくぐると、本殿までは真っ直ぐの石造りの参道がのびておりまする。本殿にお参り済ませ、右手にある白蛇をイメージさせる白い敷石の曲がりくねった参道を進みますと右手に「撫で白蛇」なる白い蛇の像があります。せっかく...
Setagaya Hachimangu Shrine

4.0

58 Reviews

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Tokyo Setagaya-ku Miyasaka 1-26-3

A Shinto shrine located in Miyasaka 1-Chome, Setagaya City. While making his way home from the Gosannen War in 1091, the samurai Minamoto-no-Yoshiie stayed here and had the god of the Usa Hachimangu shrine in Buzen (now Oita Prefecture) ritually divided and enshrined here. Today, the shrine is dedicated to Emperor Ojin, Emperor Chuai, and Empress Jingu.

Nous sommes tombés sur ce temple par hasard en allant au temple des manekineko un peu plus loin. Cétait une très bonne surprise. Il y a un ring de sumo. Très peu de monde, peu touristique, il ne...
Kumano-jinja Shrine

3.5

53 Reviews

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Tokyo Meguro-ku Jiyugaoka 1-24-12

A Shinto shrine in Jiyugaoka, Meguro City, Tokyo. Just when the shrine was erected is unclear. It is recorded that the shrine was built during a time when it was popular to visit Kumano Shrine; local residents formed a group and visited the shrine to formally receive and take back a portion of the shrine's deity and house it here. This area was once known as Tanibatake, and the shrine is popularly known as Tanibatake no Gongen-sama. The approach to the shrine is somewhat long with several torii gates standing over it, and the grounds are far quieter and lusher than anything one might expect to find in central Tokyo. The brilliant main shrine building is painted crimson. Kumano-jinja Shrine is also a famous power spot in Jiyugaoka. The shrine is believed to aid worshipers in finding love and in having children, and many women come here to receive a koi-mikuji love fortune slip. In spring, beautiful cherry trees blossom near the entrance.

こちらは、自由が丘駅より徒歩7分くらい、ヒルサイド通りから入ります。白い鳥居から、そこそこ長い参道を歩くと赤い鳥居の向こうに、鮮やかな本殿があります。沢山の人が訪れていました。
Atago Jinja

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Tokyo Minato-ku Atago 1-5-3

This shrine located in Atago’s office zone in Tokyo’s Minato City is built atop the natural mountain Mt. Atago. It was constructed under the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 for the deity of fire protection, and its principle enshrined deity is the god of fire “Homusubi-no-mikoto.” The stone steps at the front are called the “Shusse no Ishidan” (Stairway of Success), well-known for an occasion when a samurai rode his horse up and down the steps and earned the praise of shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. The premises of the shrine are like an oasis offering opportunities to enjoy cherry blossoms and autumn foliage, and they are often visited by many of the nearby office workers.
Mabashi Inari-jinja Shrine

4.0

24 Reviews

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Tokyo Suginami-ku Asagayaminami 2-4-4

A Shinto shrine located in Asagayaminami, Suginami City, Tokyo. Believed to have been founded at the end of the Kamakura period, the shrine is primarily dedicated to the gods Ukanomitama no Kami and Omatonozu no Kami. During the Hatsuuma Festival in February, a mochi glutinous rice ball pounding ceremony is held in which shrine parishioners sing traditional songs while pounding the mochi rice with a mallet.

阿佐ヶ谷南の住宅街にそびえる立派な神社です。ちゃんとした参道もあり手水も配され癒しのスポットになってます。七五三お祝いがやってました。鳥居が5個くらいあります。
Azusamiten-jinja Shrine, Tachikawa Suitengu Shrine

4.0

32 Reviews

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Tokyo Tachikawa-shi Sunagawacho 4-1-1

立川市の砂川町にあるパワースポット、阿豆佐味天神社。読み方は「あずさみてんじんじゃ」です。境内に立川水天宮（たちかわすいてんぐう）が合祀されていることから、そちらの名称で呼ばれることもあります。また、別名「猫返し神社」とも呼ばれている神社です。
Ontake shrine

4.0

28 Reviews

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Tokyo Ota-ku Kitaminemachi 37-20

"An ancient sanctuary nicknamed ""Mine no Ontake-san."" It's thought to have been built around 1535 when today's Minemachi area was established. The main Kanto shrine of the Mt. Ontake faith, patrons believe worshipping there three times provides the same merit as a pilgrimage to Kiso's sacred Mt. Ontake. It is thought that the current Ontake Shopping Street and Ontakesan Station have developed from shops that were open to worshipers. The main shrine at the center of the precincts has been designated Cultural Property of the ward. Its late Edo wall engravings are a highlight. A sacred grove to the rear of the grounds known as ""Reijin-no-Mori"" offers a tranquility you wouldn't expect to find in a shopping area."

御嶽山駅からすぐ。駅名の由来となった神社。 1535年頃の創建。祭神は国常立命、国狭槌命、豊雲野尊。旧嶺村の鎮守。境内入口には巨大な社号碑(1980年建立)が立つ。鳥居は1979年建立。社殿は1831年築で木造銅板葺き。拝殿正面には「三社宮」と記された社号額が掛かる。本殿には見事な彫刻(区指定文化財)が施されており必見。この社殿を造営した一山行者(俗名・治兵衛)は、一山霊神として境内社「一山神社...
Yukigaya Hachiman Shrine

4.0

22 Reviews

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Tokyo Ota-ku Higashiyukigaya 2-25-1

This impressive shrine is said to have been built during the Eiroku period (1558-1569). It's surrounded by a sacred grove about a two-minute walk from Ishikawadai Station. Yukigaya Hachiman Shrine honors a fertility deity that is believed to protect women during pregnancy. Even today lots of women in the fifth month of pregnancy come for the obi-iwai ceremony to put on a maternity belt and pray for a safe delivery. They also hold Isshin Crying Sumo, a tradition that got its start with the belief that crying babies drive away evil. The traditional practice involves the sumo referee prays for its healthy growth according to the cry of both babies.

石川台駅から徒歩3分ほど。永禄年間(1558-1570年)の創建。祭神は誉田別命。雪ヶ谷村の鎮守。境内入口に立つ社号碑と一の鳥居、参道途中に立つ木造の二の鳥居は遷座20周年を記念して1979年建立されたもの。手水舎近くに立つ三の鳥居は1974年の建立。社殿は1959年築で鉄筋コンクリート造。その左側には摂社・末社と庚申供養塔群(区文化財)がある。また境内には横綱・大鵬が奉納した書の文字「出世石...
Kamimeguro Hikawa Shrine

3.5

19 Reviews

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Tokyo Meguro-ku Ohashi 2-16-21

"Located here is a ""chinjugami,"" a type of guardian deity that watches over the surrounding area, and this one in particular has been here since the area was called Kamimeguro-mura. The shrine is mainly dedicated to Susanoo, a Shinto deity associated with eradicating disease. Also enshrined here is the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, and Sugawara Michizane , a Shinto deity for learning and scholarship. At the front you can find stone steps formed from a natural cliff that makes up the ""Fuji Sengen Shrine Mountain Path,"" which until 1985 was a spot where visitors could look up at Mt. Fuji. Nowadays, the shrine is mostly associated with warding off bad spirits and celebrating different stages of life, including a rite of passage for newborns called ""miyamairi"", and for children reaching the age of seven, five, and three called ""shichi-go-san."" Ever since the Tensho era (1573-1593) during an enshrinement, there are records and legends preserved here regarding disease and illnesses unknown to ""ujigami,"" a type of guardian deity that wards off sickness."

246の登り側沿山手通りの少し手前です参道の階段は2ヶ所共50段以上近くのビルのエレベーターで上まで上がれるようです明るい感じの社務所です

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