Musashi Province Claimant (ronsha)
Hikawanyotai Jinja
氷川女體神社
Hikawanyotai Jinja is one of the shrines claimed as the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Musashi Province, in present-day Saitama. It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee. Without a car, a local tourism body gives 1 route from a station (by bus); the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on October 8 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Hikawa Jinja, 6.7 km to the north-west in a straight line.
Getting there
埼玉県さいたま市緑区宮本2-17-1
The address is given in Japanese on purpose. Show it to a taxi driver, or copy it into a car navigation system — an English transliteration will not be recognised.
For a car navigation system
- Phone
- Japanese car navigation searches by phone number. This is the fastest way to enter a destination.
- Coordinates
- Derived from the address down to the street number, via Japan's national mapping agency. Not a survey of the hall itself
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 東浦和駅JR
- By bus.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
JR「東浦和駅」よりバス「さいたま東営業所」行き「朝日坂上」下車徒歩10分
Taken from a local tourism body (氷川女體神社 | スポット一覧 | VISIT SAITAMA CITY, checked 2026-10-08). Station and stop names stay in Japanese so you can match them to signs. Fares and timetables are not given — they change.
Parking
It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee.
さいたま市の文化財紹介ページ、および市の観光公式サイトのいずれにも駐車場の記載がなく、有無・台数・位置を一次ソースで確認できませんでした。
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Visiting the 3 ichinomiya in Saitama in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- According to the shrine's tradition, the deity was invited here in the reign of Emperor Sujin.
- Buildings
- The present buildings were erected in 1667 by Abe Tadaaki, lord of Oshi Castle, on the orders of the fourth shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna.
- History
- The shrine holds documents and treasures linked to the Kamakura Hojo, the Iwatsuki Ota and the Odawara Hojo, and the Tokugawa shoguns granted it 50 koku of land.
Summarised from a local tourism body (氷川女体神社（さいたま市観光）, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Kushinadahime-no-Mikoto 奇稲田姫尊 2 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Mihotsuhime-no-Mikoto 三穂津姫尊 also enshrined 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Onamuchi-no-Mikoto 大己貴尊 also enshrined 17 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Goshuin (shrine seal)
- Available
- Yes
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
-
10月8日 例大祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 祇園磐船龍神祭
- 5月4日
- 名越の大祓
- 7月31日
- 祈年祭
- 2月18日
- かま〆頒布
- 12月25日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Hikawa Jinja, about 6.7 km to the north-west in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Ono Jinja (35 km south-west) and Chichibu Jinja (56 km west).
Straight-line distances between the shrines, not road distances. Across mountains or water, the drive is much longer.
Why this shrine is called an ichinomiya
No primary source found
We could not find any primary source calling this shrine an ichinomiya — not the shrine’s own site, and not any public body. We say so rather than assume.
Listed on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association.
It has been seen as forming a single whole together with Hikawa Jinja and Nakayama Jinja, but no primary source for its being the ichinomiya of Musashi Province could be found.
- https://www.city.saitama.lg.jp/004/005/006/001/017/010/002/p002926.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- 全国一の宮巡拝会『全国一の宮神社所在地』（平成30年5月・改訂版 第4版） (checked 2026-09-09)
More on how the shrines of this province relate to one another is on the Musashi Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Musashi Province (Tōkaidō)
- Prefecture
- Saitama
- Engishiki (927)
- Shōsha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Gōsha
Sources
- https://www.city.saitama.lg.jp/004/005/006/001/017/010/002/p002926.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.saitama-jinjacho.or.jp/shrine/8861/ (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://visitsaitamacity.jp/spots/22 (checked 2026-09-10)
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