Washinomiya Shrine
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Torii of the Washinomiya Shrine.
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 Washinomiya Shrine
鷲宮神社 Location within Japan
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| Address | Kuki, Saitama |
| Coordinates | 36°5′59.7″N 139°39′17.7″E / 36.099917°N 139.654917°E |
 Glossary of Shinto
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Coordinates: 36°5′59.7″N 139°39′17.7″E / 36.099917°N 139.654917°E
Washinomiya Shrine (鷲宮神社 washinomiya jinja?) is one of the oldest Shintō shrines in the Kantō region, located in Kuki, Saitama (Formerly Washimiya), Japan.
The oldest record of the shrine was found in the Azuma Kagami, the official historical record for the Kamakura Shogunate. It had the patronage of the Imperial family, and even Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Various folk-culture and performing art events, including the Saibara-Kagura Festival are held here. Its traditional dance handed down through generations has been designated as a national intangible folk-culture asset. The shrine also houses several ancient relics.
During the New Year season, the shrine receives no fewer than 100,000 visitors.
The August 2007 issue of the Newtype magazine ran an article on the various locales featuring in the popular anime and manga Lucky Star, and provided directions on how to reach these places from the otaku hotspot Akihabara, including the Washinomiya Shrine which had its torii shown in the opening sequence and featured the Hiiragi sisters working as miko in the anime.
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