Higashi-Tamagawa Shrine

[ Location ] It is located at the southeastern end of Setagaya Ward, bordering Ota Ward. Jiyu Street, which runs north-south through the center of Higashi-Tamagawa town, runs parallel to the Tama River and is a feng shui dragon vein. A shrine sits in the middle of it. [ Founding ] Higashi-Tamagawa Shrine was built more than 300 years ago in the forest of Chinshu at the request of the spirits of Suwa Taisha in Nagano Prefecture. [ Development ] Before the Meiji era, it was a small pure farming village with only ten private houses. Until the establishment of Setagaya Ward in October of Showa 7, it was called "Suwabu" and was an enclave of Todoroki (Tamagawa Village Daiji Todoroki at that time). The origin of the place name Suwabu is because there was a Suwa Shrine. Generations of Shinto priests have prayed for the safety of their families and worshippers, the elimination of evil, the prosperity of agriculture, and the prosperity of business. In the precincts, there is water for waterproofing installed by the fire department. [ Shrine ] The current shrine was relocated from Shibuya in Showa 14, but it is a venerable building that is described in the "New Musashi Kokufudo Chronicle" as it was around the time of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada in the 10th year of Keicho (1605). In addition, on the ceiling plate of the worship hall, the "Fire-Burning Dragon God Statue" (front seated seat) is painted in ink, and the high dignity and the swiftness of the dragon spirit that exorcise the surroundings rise as a flame and exorcise evil are impressed by the worshippers. In the lower left corner of the painting, it is written that it was the second year of Honghua (1845). (It has been designated as a registered tangible cultural property by the Setagaya Ward Board of Education.) ）