Hikawa Shrine (Saitama)

Hikawa Shrine
氷川神社
Hikawa Shrine ; 氷川神社
	Precincts of Hikawa Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Susanoo; Kushinadahime; Ōkuninushi; Ashinazuchi ; Tenazuchi
Festival	Reitaisai (Annual main festival) (August 1)
Type	Hikawa shrine
Location
Location	1-407, Takahana-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan
	Shown within Saitama Prefecture Hikawa Shrine (Saitama) (Japan)
Geographic coordinates	35°55′00″N 139°37′46″E / 35.91667°N 139.62944°E
Architecture
Style	Nagare-zukuri
Founder	Emperor Kōshō
Date established	473 BC
Website
	Official website
	Glossary of Shinto

Hikawa Shrine (氷川神社, Hikawa-jinja) 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.^[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.^[2] It is the head of a network of approximately 280 Hikawa shrines mostly around the Kantō region.^[3]

^ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, p. 391.
^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hikawa-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 311, p. 311, at Google Books.

[1] Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.

[shrine391-2] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, p. 391.

[3] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hikawa-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 311, p. 311, at Google Books.

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