On March 2, 2018, "Kumagaya Inari Shrine" completed the rebuilding of the Ginza 7-chome Building, and the shrine was transferred from Teppozu Inari Shrine for the first time in about two and a half years. It was newly built on the 1st floor of Hotel Muse Ginza store along Hanatsubaki-dori, about 10 meters away from the original location, so anyone can visit it. It is said that this Hanatsubaki-dori was frequently visited by historical novelist Shotaro Ikenami. The work of "Onihei Criminal Book" also has thirty digging around here.
It is also a line of the long-established Chinese restaurant "Hagoromo Ginza Main Store" that has been in business for 50 years. It is thought that Inari, who has been loved and worshiped by locals for more than 800 years, is a reminder of good luck and fire prevention. This shrine is derived from the fact that after Ichinoya Genpei war in 1184, Jiro Kumagai folded a triumphal return from Kamakura to his hometown of Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, and gave a talisman tag to this area. enshrined deity, 7-12-9, Ginza, Chuo-ku, enshrined the two pillars of "Ugano Mitama God" and "Hachiman Okami". It is a venerable shrine for more than 800 years every year on the old days of February. Because it was built so that it did not rain, it is preserved beautifully.
Naozane Kumagai is the retainer of Minamoto no Yoritomo, a man from the late Heian period (1141) to the early Kamakura period (1207), who is familiar with Kabuki, and is famous as the opponent in the battle of Ichinoya "Heike Monogatari-Atsumori". As a shrine related to that person, it was a shrine that locals have been protecting for more than 800 years. 
The top of the shrine
The head of the local Edo Fire Memorial Association, the first ward, is decorated with the "Sen Company Amount" dedicated in 1988. Among them is the name "Takemoto". Ginza's town fire extinguisher `` Mokumito Kintaro Takemoto '' has a house beside Kumagaya Inari Shrine, and during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in World War II, his wife held the body of Kumagaya Inari while the war was approaching. When he tried to escape, he seemed to be unable to move suddenly felt weight. At that time, there was a true story that Kumagaya Inari was not burned, and I nodded that "fire prevention" could be a spiritual test.
The fox statue "Agata" on the right is holding a child and holding a fox statue "Ungata" jewel on the left is standing on both sides of the torii gate. This statue makes you feel a lot of history. I heard that the red front hanging was a hand-sewn item made by the person who lived next to Kumagaya Inari Shrine. You can see that the locals really cherished them.
There was Kumagaya Inari Shrine on the map of Meiji period. ①It seems that the location of the Higashi-Toyotama riverbank 6-chome was the first place. 1950 The photo below shows the renovation of the damaged shrine hall from the start of the townspeople in 1950. 1988 It seems that it was transferred to 2 places since 1988. Here, the way the town of Ginza is reborn greatly influenced "Kumagaya Inari Shrine". Since I was transferred from one place that had been around since the Edo period to 2, it was in a building or in a deep place, so I couldn't worship it, and it was one of the reasons that "Kumagaya Inari Shrine" disappeared from the map . ③In the Tak Ginza Building, it was moved to the street side close to 1, so you can now visit, but in the December 2009 issue "Guru Guru Ginza Burabura" in 1979 It is stated that Kumagaya Inari Shrine, which was in 1979, had disappeared from the map, so it seems that many people know it has disappeared. It was very disappointing.
According to the story I heard from supreme Shinto priest, when building the Hotel Muse Ginza store, the moat after Sankuma moat was deep, and a bank of nearly 10m appeared under the digging of 2m50cm, and many stones came out. When Ieyasu Tokugawa opened Edo, he ordered the construction of the Nishikuni Daimyo, dug Sanju moat in 1612, and narrowed it to nineteen in 1828 1828. People living nearby were told that human bones came out when dismantling the house. In that sense, it can be seen that "Kumagaya Inari Shrine" is protecting this land.
Ginza Hatcho Shrine Tour-Tokyo Chuo-ku Tourist Guide Map
a Sachi Inari Shrine-Ginza 1-chome (Namiki-dori St.)
b Ginza Inari Shrine ※It is usually closed to the public.
c Asahi Inari Shrine-Ohiro Asahi Building
d Ginza Izumi guardian of children and travelers (Citizen's Cultural Property)-Mitsukoshi Ginza 9th floor
e Hodo Inari Shrine-Back alley beside Tenshodo
f Azuma Inari Shrine-Azuma-dori, Miharakoji
g Kasumigo Inari Shrine - Ginza six
H Success Inari Shrine ※It is usually closed to the public.
J Toyo Iwaine Harri Shrine - Enter the alley from Ginza Suzuran Street.
K Kabuki Inari Daimyojin - right side of the front of Kabukiza Theater
As Kawayanagi in Edo reads "Edo's flower, housework, Inari and dog droppings", there are many Inari shrines in Ginza. It's a thriving regional pattern of commerce, isn't it?
Notice "Kumagaya Inari Shrine Festival" June 6, 2018
14:00 Tepposu Inari Shrine Nakagawa Fumitaka Miyaji Prayer
14:15 Part of Kuroda Tsukisui Biwa performance "Atsumori Tairano"
14:30 Shingon sect Kichijoyama Enmeiji Dento Dai Ajarashi Kuchiba Hidenori priest, memorial service
15:00 Open Location: "Bell marche" on the 2nd floor of Hotel Muse Ginza Store
15:30 Performed at Kuroda Tsukimizu Biwa Live "Atsumori Tairano" and "Heike Monogatari"
Cake and coffee-ticket 3,000 yen
※ Fumitaka Nakagawa Kumagaya Inari Shrine is also within the religious service area of Tepposhu Shrine. Miyaji Nakagawa told me that Inari on the soil is a shrine that has a high deity and has been associated with Naozane Kumagai since the early Kamakura period, so it is desirable to have many people visit in the future .
※ Kuroda Tsukisui Biwa player Born in Kochi Prefecture Tosa Biwa founder
Studied under Satsuma Biwa landlord Josui Nakatani. After winning the National Ichimizukai Biwa Music Competition and passing the NHK Japanese music audition, he appeared on NHKFM radio "The Time of Japanese Music" for 27 years-There is a reputation for delicate biwa sounds, rich voice and expressiveness, and not only classics but also various fields Utilizing special empathy to watch Japanese musical instruments, jazz, plays, and voices in the form, he performs a wide range of voice guidance, regardless of voice.
※ Hidenori Kuchiba priest-Izumo Bridge and Izumo-cho were located, so supreme Shinto priest came from Shimane Prefecture (Izumo). Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1949, the two major trainings of Shingon, "Kokuzoku Hou and Listening Method" and "Yakihachimai Gogo" Mt. Koya-san Inner sanctuary, the cold and winter fasting of the winter, Kumano mountain ascetic hermit, worshiping the nation's Reizan, and training waterfalls.
Please visit Kumagaya Inari Shrine, which protects the land of Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and participate in the festival.
Ginza Hatcho Shrine Tour-I hope that you can add "Kumagaya Inari Shrine" to the description on the Tokyo Chuo-ku sightseeing guide map.
(It is written with the consent of Kumagaya Inari Shrine supreme Shinto priest and Gunshu Inari Shrine Miyaji.)
