Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine

Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine 所澤神明社
Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine During New Years
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Amaterasu
Type	Shimmei Shrine
Location
Location	1-2-4 Miyamoto-chō, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-1143
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°47′38.83″N 139°27′48.01″E
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 Shinmei 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

• Amaterasu Ōmikami
• Ukanomitama
• Mount Miwa

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

• Official website (in Japanese)