Hikawasha

Hikawasha is a Shinto shrine in Kawaguchi, Saitama. Hikawasha is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Nenohi Shrine, as well as near the Buddhist temple 宝蔵寺.

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 宝蔵寺 and Nenohi Shrine.

宝蔵寺

Buddhist temple

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

宝蔵寺 is a Buddhist temple.

Nenohi Shrine

Shinto shrine

Photo: Tak1701d, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nenohi Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

多宝院

Buddhist temple

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

多宝院 is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midori-ku and Koshigaya.

Midori-ku is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the southeastern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 129,705 and a population density of 4,900 persons per km2. Midori-ku is situated 6 km northwest of Hikawasha.

Koshigaya

Photo: Kst01, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Koshigaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km2.

Minami

Suburb

Photo: ainosuke, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Minami-ku is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the southern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 192,143 and a population density of 14,000 persons per km2. Minami is situated 8 km west of Hikawasha.

Hikawasha

Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Kawaguchi, Japan
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Kawaguchi, Saitama, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.84437° or 35° 50′ 40″ north

Longitude

139.73575° or 139° 44′ 9″ east

Open location code

8Q7XRPVP+P8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 951556644

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q117864746

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Hikawasha” goes by many names.

French: “sanctuaire d’Hikawasha”
French: “Sanctuaire d’Hikawasha”
Indonesian: “Kuil Hikawasha”
Japanese: “氷川社”
Japanese: “西新井宿氷川社”
Japanese: “西新井宿氷川神社”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 川口市消防団第七支団第三分団 and Araijuku Station.

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