Shintotsukawa Shrine - Hokkaido
Shintotsukawa Shrine ( 新十津川神社 ) is the main shrine of the town of Shintotsukawa. It is located at 37-1 Central, Shintotsukawa in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan . Shintotsukawa Shrine Shintotsukawa Shrine details In September 1890 (Meiji 23), discussions took place for the establishment of a shrine in what was still Shintotsukawa Village at that time. Since the residents mostly originated from the village of Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture, they decided that the new shrine be named Tamaki Shrine after the shrine of the same in their former village. Shintotsukawa Shrine - Shintotsukawa town, Hokkaido Prefecture In January of the next year, 1891 (Meiji 24), a temporary shrine was built on the banks of the Tokutomi River near the Kikusui village office to receive the spirits of Tamaki Shrine's five enshrined deities which are Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto, Izanagi no Mikoto, Izanami no Mikoto, Amaterasu Omikami, and Kamuyama who is also called Hiko no Mikoto. It was relocated to the finished sh