Samukawa jinja

The Samukawa Shrine (Japanese寒 川 神社, Samukawa -jinja ) is a Shinto shrine in the town of Koza Samukawa in the district of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Its area covers 47 km ².

The exact history of the Samukawa Shrine is not clearly documented. He is mentioned in a document dating from the 5th century in connection with Kaiser Yūryaku. Clear instructions are found only in the large law books that emerged during the reign of Emperor Daigo in the 10th century. In this part of the Heian period of Samukawa Shrine to Ichi -no- miya was (the first shrine ) declared the province of Sagami.

The main hall is aligned protectively to the southeast, there stands in the direction of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. It was extensively restored in 1997, the cost of 5 billion yen to have been paid in full by donations. Your new copper roofs are another approach to the architectural style of the Meiji Shrine represents the main hall itself consists of four buildings: the external worship hall, the internal worship hall, the prayer hall and the Holy of Holies ( dogs ) in nagare - zukuri style.

In it, the Kami Samukawa - hiko -no- mikoto be (寒 川 比 古 命, male) and Samukawa -hime -no- mikoto (寒 川 比 女 命; female) worshiped. The locals call the pair Samukawa DAIMYOJIN (寒 川 大 明 神). According to unconfirmed suspicions are with them at a vergöttlichtes royal couple from the Japanese early history, because they have neither found in the Kojiki nor Nihon Shoki in mention.

During the first three days of the Japanese New Year, the shrine recorded almost 500,000 visitors.