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.

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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

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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

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Yaoko Kawagoe Museum is an art gallery, which is situated 110 metres northeast of Hikawa Shrine.

Kawagoe Municipal Museum of Art

Museum

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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
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Latitude

35.92756° or 35° 55′ 39″ north

Longitude

139.48855° or 139° 29′ 19″ east

Open location code

8Q7XWFHQ+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 963357119

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11549607

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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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