Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine

Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine 所澤神明社
Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine During New Years
Information
Type	Shimmei Shrine
Dedicated to	Amaterasu
Address	1-2-4 Miyamoto-chō, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-1143
Website	www.shinmeisha.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Tokorozawa Shimei Shrine (所澤神明社, Tokorosawa shinmei-sha) is a Shinto shrine in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.

History

Tradition holds that the Tokorozawa Shimei Shrine was founded in 110 CE by Yamato Takeru during his conquest of eastern Japan and the shrine claims to have been one of the most important centers for the worship of Amaterasu in the Kantō region; however, all records were lost in a fire in 1826. With the establishment of the Imperial Japanese Army’s Tokorozawa Air Field in 1911, pioneering pilot Yoshitoshi Tokugawa began a tradition of praying at this shrine for air safety.

Enshrined kami

Festivals

The major Japanese festivals of the shrine are:

January 1 – Gantan-sai (New Year’s Festival)
February 3 – Setsubun (traditional beginning of spring)
April 21 – Chi-sai
First Sunday in June – Ningyō-kuyō (Doll’s Day)
June 30 - Nagoshi-no Ō-harae (Summer Purification Ceremony)
September 15 – Tai-sai

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine.

Official website (Japanese)

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Coordinates: 35°47′38.83″N 139°27′48.01″E / 35.7941194°N 139.4633361°E / 35.7941194; 139.4633361

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