


Azu Sami Tenjin Shrine Tachikawa Mizutennomiya
阿豆佐味天神社 立川水天宮Sunagawa is a Nitta settlement that developed along the Itsukaichi Highway at the beginning of the Edo period, and this shrine was solicited by the Enki Shikinaisha Azu-Samiten Shrine in the parent village of Tonogayato (now Mizuho Town, Nishitama District) as the guardian deity of the village at the time of the development of Sunagawa. The date of the solicitation is the sixth year of Kanei (1629). The shrine was one pillar of the god of medicine, breath disaster, and life extension, but later it was merged with the Hie Shrine, so it became two pillars with the addition of the god of Shinto rituals, the god of literature and art, and the god of literature and art.
The construction of the current worship hall began in 1839 and was completed in 1862. In addition, the main shrine is thought to have been built around the third year of Genbun (1738), and is thatched with a front eaves gabled built in the style of Ichimasha, and was designated as a tangible cultural property of Tachikawa City in Showa 45. It is the oldest building in Tachikawa City. The clan area covers the entire area of the former Sunagawa district, and has been revered since ancient times as the general guardian of the area.