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Nakano Numabukuro Hikawa Shrine

Japan, 165-0025 1-31-4 Numabukuro, Nakano-ku, Tokyo

This shrine enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who defeated the Yamata-no-Orochi (Eight-headed Serpent). It is the main guardian deity of the former village of Nogata. Its origins are said to date back to 1346, during the Nanboku-cho period. Within the shrine grounds are the sacred tree "Three Wishing Pine Trees" and the "Child-raising Guardian Dogs" that are said to grant safe childbirth if you stroke them three times.

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Telephone number 03-3386-5566
Website https://hikawa-n.or.jp/
Access
  • 2 minutes walk from the north exit of Numabukuro Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line 20 minutes walk from the north exit of Nakano Station on the JR Chuo/Sobu Line and the Tozai Subway Line / 10 minutes by bus (5 minutes walk from the Reiwa Elementary School stop on the Kanto Bus bound for Nerima Station)
Language 日本語
Last Update ： 2024.09.24   Nakano City, Tokyo

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