Hikawa Shrine
Hikawa Shrine 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine
- Also known as: “Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kawagoe Castle and Yaoko Kawagoe Museum.
Kawagoe Castle
Castle
Photo: Twilight2640, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kawagoe Castle is a flatland Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture. It is the closest castle to Tokyo to be accessible to visitors, as Edo castle is now the Imperial palace, and largely inaccessible. Kawagoe Castle is situated 440 metres southeast of Hikawa Shrine.
Yaoko Kawagoe Museum
Art gallery
Yaoko Kawagoe Museum is an art gallery, which is situated 110 metres northeast of Hikawa Shrine.
Kawagoe Municipal Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Kawagoe Municipal Museum of Art is situated 290 metres southeast of Hikawa Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kawajima and Nishi-Ōmiya.
Kawajima
Town
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Kawajima is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the town had an estimated population of 19,653 in 8105 households and a population density of 470 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 41.63 square kilometres. Kawajima is situated 7 km north of Hikawa Shrine.
Nishi-Ōmiya
Quarter
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Nishi-Ōmiya is a quarter, which is situated 8 km east of Hikawa Shrine.
Nishi
Suburb
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Nishi-ku is one of ten wards of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the far western part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 93,527 and a population density of 3200 persons per km2. Nishi is situated 8 km east of Hikawa Shrine.
Hikawa Shrine
- Categories: Hikawa shrine, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kawagoe, Saitama, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.92756° or 35° 55′ 39″ northLongitude
139.48855° or 139° 29′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XWFHQ+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 963357119OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11549607
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Hikawa Shrine” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “冰川神社 (川越市)”
- Chinese: “冰川神社”
- French: “sanctuaire Hikawa”
- French: “Sanctuaire Hikawa”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Hikawa”
- Japanese: “川越氷川神社”
- Japanese: “氷川神社 (川越市)”
- Japanese: “氷川神社”
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