Amanuma Hachiman

 Amanuma Hachiman

天沼八幡神社 

/!\ I will do everything to make you like this place because priest was kind and smiling and I am weak with nice people. /!\

● Address : 2-18-5 Amanuma, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 〒167-0032 東京都杉並区天沼 2-18-5
● Transportation : Ogikubo  (荻窪 - Tokyo JR Chuo Line ou Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
● Web : [https://amanumahachiman.jp/] (in japanese) or [Suginami sightseeing website] (in english)
● Entry fees : free
● Event : Summer Festival - Reitaisai (in August) - Meigen no Gi (on new years eve) ...
● Goshuin : Ok (300￥)
● Stamp : No

Ogikubo Hachiman - Oct. 1924

 ☆ Amanuma Hachiman is dedicated to the God Hachiman. This shrine was founded in the Tensho era (1573-1591) and it has been protecting the former village of Amanuma for 400 years. In the Showa period, Hachiman used to be a small shrine in it's green setting of tall trees in the middle of the fields and even a pond nearby. Today, it's ground is nearby little streets a few steps away Ogikubo Station.


Note the 2 gates (torii) : one in stone and one in the traditionnal vermillon wood.


★ For such a small temple it helds quite a lot of events and it's quite lively. If you're around for new years eve don"t miss the Meigen no Gi Ceremony. It's an old traditional ceremony during which arrows are shoot to scare away bad spirits. 
Here you can see all the events on this page. (in japanese but with enough pictures to understand even with no translators)


Hachiman Jinja shrine offers 2 small but beautiful and inexpensive Goshuin-cho (one is white which is not very common) and the Gochuin is also nice.

On the black and white picture you can see the stone door (torii) that still exists and marks the entry on the left side of the temple.