Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

kumano-jinjaShiroyama Kumano Jinja (城山熊野神社) is a Shinto shrine located in the northern part of Tokyo. It's a 4-minute walk from Toei Mita Line Shimura-sanchome Station.
It was founded in 1042 and is a spiritual branch of the three Kumano Shrines in Wakayama Prefecture.
There are dozens of ema pictures displayed in the precincts.
The shrine is a 4-minute walk from Toei Mita Line Shimura-sanchome Station.

Torii gate
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine
Main passage
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine
Old fire extinguisher
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

This set of device was a fire extinguisher. These types were used from the Edo to Meiji Period (around the 18th and 19th century).

Kaguraden
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

Kaguraden is where music is offered at ceremonies. This one was created in 1954.

Haiden
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

Haiden is where you offer prayers.

Honden
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

Honden behind haiden is where the divinities are enshrined. Present Haiden and Honden, connected by Heiden, were completed in 1957.

Shokonsha
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

Shokonsha enshrines the war dead of the district where the shrine is situated.
This building, constructed in 1900, was the former Honden of the shrine.

Emaden
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

Emaden, which displays ema pictures, was the former Haiden. It was erected in the mid- to late- Edo period.

Ema pictures
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine
Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine

Exhibited inside Emaden are dozens of ema pictures dedicated to the shrine. These were created from the mid-Edo to Taisho Era.

Shiroyama Kumano Jinja Shrine
2-16-2 Shimura, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo MAP
Access: 4-min walk from Toei Mita Line Shimura-sanchome Station