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Hikawa Shrine (氷川神社) is a Shinto shrine in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In order to separate it from Hikawa Shrine in Omiya Ward, Saitama City, it is often called Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. Hikawa Shrine is known for its Reitaisai, or a festival considered the origin of Kawagoe festival, which was registered as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. It's also well known for its "corridor of windchiimes".[1] Hikawa Shrine was founded during the reign of Emperor Kinmei, in 541.[2] The shrine had an influential parishioner's group with various subordinate priests.[3] Since 1457, when Kawagoe Castle was built by Ota Doshin, Ota Dokan (father and son), the shrine had been worshipped by the successive lords of Kawagoe Domain as the genius of the castle town Kawagoe. The main building of the shrine has elaborate carvings, which was donated by Matsudaira Naritsune, the lord of Kawagoe Domain in 1849. It was designated as a

Hikawa Shrine (Kawagoe) - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 35°55′39″N 139°29′19″E / 35.927586°N 139.488532°E / 35.927586; 139.488532 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shinto shrine This article needs more citations . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Hikawa Shrine" Kawagoe – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2017 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Hikawa Shrine Religion Affiliation Shinto Location Shown within Japan Coordinates 35°55′39″N 139°2

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