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Celebrated Gods

Enshrining the 15th Emperor Ojin andeight other deities
Kami of Virtue: bringing good, protection
from misfortune, business prosperity, family
safety, air and sea travel safety, safe and easybirth, academic success, etc.

omioka Hachimangu was founded in 1627
by High Priest Chosei-hoin, and was initiallycalled “Eitaijima Hachimangu.”
Chosei-hoin regularly worshipped the kami
Hachiman passed down from his ancestors, but
one day in 1624, the god appeared to him in adream and said, “There is a place called Eitaijimain Musashi Province. At the place where I am
enshrined stands a white-feathered arrow.”
Following this divine vision, Hoin went toEitaijima, found the white-feathered arrow, andfounded the Hachimangu, which was later
renamed “Tomioka Hachimangu” by Prince
Shotoku in 1685.
The shrine later became familiar as “Fukagawa’sHachiman-sama,” fervently devoted to by
Tokugawa Shoguns and the masses alike, and thearea around Hachimangu thrived as the busiest
shrine town in Edo.
That devotion has not changed today, as shownby the great bustle on the days of the monthly
festivals held on the 1st, 15th and 28th of everymonth.

he Tomioka Hachimangu Festival centers on August 15th and is counted among
Tthe Three Great Festivals of Edo.
To the traditional call of “Wasshoi, wasshoi,” and as its alternative name of “Water
Splashing Festival” suggests, bearers of the portable Jinja are doused with purifying
water by the spectators lining the roads, and bearers and spectators come together
to celebrate.
The event every three years is called the Main Festival, when there is an array ofsome 50 large portable shrines representing patrons from each town, and a combined
procession takes place.
On August 12, 2012, the Emperor and Empress visited the shrine, and after speaking
with survivors of the Bombing of Tokyo, observed the combined procession.
Portable Shrines of the Main Shrine.

omioka Hachimangu was the originalTsetting of Edo Kanjin-sumo, where it wasperformed for the first time in 1684 aftergaining permission from the Shogun’s
Magistrate for Temples and Shrines.
(Kanjin-sumo is the forerunner of Grand
Sumo, and the system known today wasestablished here.)In the precincts is the Yokozuna Stoneerected in 1900 by the 12th Yokozuna,Jinmaku Kyugoro, and upon accession tothe rank of Yokozuna, services take place
for name-carving and entering the Sumoring.
Numerous other stones are connected toSumo Wrestling, including the Ozeki
Stone, Stone to Sumo Wrestlers with Over
Fifty Consecutive Victories and Stone ofHeights of Huge Sumo Wrestlers.

The father of measuring surveys in Japan, Ino

Tadataka lived in the town of Kuroe, Fukagawa(present-day Monzen-nakacho), and in the year 1800
departed on his countrywide survey travels afterworshipping at his patron shrine.
In the precincts is a bronze statue of him setting out
on his journey, and the museum holds reproductionsof the Ino Maps.

Address
1-20-3 Tomioka, Koto Ward, Tokyo 135-0047

AccessTokyo Metro Tozai Line, Toei Subway Oedo Line“ Monzen-nakacho Station, ” Toei Bus: alight at“Tomioka 1-Chome” and walk for about 3 minutes.
JR Keiyo Line: alight at “Etchujima Station” andwalk for about 15 minutes.
Tokyo Expressway No. 9 Fukagawa Route:
Kiba/Edagawa Exit, 3-min. walk

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Nanawatarisha／Awashimasha
Place of Ritual Burning of Offerings

YokozunaStone※１

Main Sanctuary

Purification
Font

Slope

Stones of Strength

Wedding

SlopeHall
BentenPondMuseum

AmuletPergolaOffice

officeKakunori(Timber-riding)
Stone

Shinmesatue(Sacred Horse)West Approach

East Approach

Restroom for all
Purification
Font

Stone Engraved with Waka

Stone “Decision ofMainfor the Salvation ofApproach

Emperor Hirohito
Japan”

Poem by Emperor Hirohito

Ozeki
Stone

Bronze Statue ofIno Tadataka
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Toei Subway Oedo Line
“Monzen-nakacho Station”

From right to left.

Torii(Sacred gate)

Storehouse for Portable-Jinja

Memorial Stone of Visitby Emperor Gyoko andEitai Avenue

Subway Tozai Line Kiba Station※ 1 Kurumazakisha, Kyakujinja/Nomi no Sukunesha/Sumiyoshisha/Shotoku
Taishisha/Tenman Ten jinja/Soreisha, Hananomotosha/Eishogosha Inarisha※２ Kashimasha・Otorisha/Okuninushisha・Ebisusha/Fujisengensha・Konpirasha