Senju Shrine

千住神社
In the fourth year of the extension (926), when the village was formed in Senju, this shrine was established by soliciting the spirits of Fushimi Inari to pray for the protection of the land and a bountiful harvest of five grains. In the sixth year of Eijo (1051), Minamoto Yoshiie crossed the Arakawa River (near the present-day Senju Ohashi) during the conquest of Oshu, camped at Futatsumori (Senju Shrine), and prayed to the gods for victory. In the second year of Koan (1279), he solicited the spirits of the Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine in Musashi Province and founded the Hikawa Shrine. For this reason, this place is called Futatsumori, and in the old records, there are many articles that successive generals carried out falconry. During the Kanei period, Senju became the first inn on the Nikko Kaido, and this shrine was also called the forest of the west because it was located to the west of it. Until the Edo period, there were two shrines, Inari Shrine and Hikawa Shrine, but on November 18, Meiji 5, both shrines were designated as village shrines, and in June of the following year, Inari Shrine was enshrined in Hikawa Shrine and the name was changed to Nishimori Shrine. On July 5 of the same year, it was designated as the only shrine in Adachi Ward, and since December 15, Taisho 4, it has been renamed Senju Shrine. In April 20, all the buildings were burned down due to war damage, but after 33, the shrine hall, company office, hall and other buildings were rebuilt, and they were better maintained than before the war.