Karasumori Shrine — Attraction in Tokyo

-- Japanese -- 新橋駅の北口（日比谷口）を出て、SL広場からすぐのところにあります。 アクセスが良いためか、平日はビジネスマンが多く、休日もいろんな方が参拝されています。 私が行ったときは人で混雑しているという程ではありませんが、常に次々と人が入れ替わっているという印象でした。 御祭神に芸能の神と崇められている天鈿女命をお祀りされておられ、技芸上達の御利益があることから、芸能人がよく参拝されるという話もあります。

◆御祭神 倉稲魂命＜ウガノミタマノミコト＞ 天鈿女命＜アメノウヅメノミコト＞ 瓊々杵尊＜ニニギノミコト＞

◆御利益 ・必勝祈願の成就 ・商売繁盛 ・技芸上達 ・家内安全

◆地名の由来 烏森の地は、古くこのあたりが武蔵の国桜田村と呼ばれていた時代には、江戸湾の砂浜で、一体は松林であった。その為当時この地帯は「枯州の森」あるいは「空州の森」と言われていた。しかもこの松林には、烏が多く集まって巣をかけていた為、後には「烏の森」とも呼ばれるようになった。それが烏森という名の起こりである。明治以降昭和7年まで町名として使われていたが、その後新橋に改められ、今ではＪＲ新橋駅の烏森口としてその名をとどめている。

◆神社の創始 平安時代の天慶３年（９４０年）に、東国で平将門が乱を起こした時、むかで退治で有名な鎮守将軍藤原秀郷（俵藤太）が、武州のある稲荷に戦勝を祈願したところ、白狐がやってきて白羽の矢を与えた。その矢を持ってすみやかに東夷を鎮めることができたので、秀郷はお礼に一社を勧請しようとしたところ、夢に白狐が現れて、神鳥の群がる所が霊地だと告げた。そこで桜田村の森まできたところ、夢想のごとく烏が群がっていたので、そこに社頭を造営した。それが、烏森稲荷の起こりである。

◆神社の隆昌 明暦の大火（世界三大大火の一つに数えられる俗名　振袖火事）が起こった際、江戸市中は焼け野原となり、もちろん当社の周辺も大方焼けてしまった。ところが烏森稲荷社だけは不思議にも類焼を免れたのである。これは神威の致すところと考えられ、以降当社に対する信仰は日に日に厚くなっていった。 また、椙森神社（日本橋）柳森神社（神田）と併せ「江戸三森」として古くから崇敬されている。明治６年にはこれまでの烏森稲荷社の社名を烏森神社と改め、新橋烏森の守り神として多くの人々の信仰を得ている。昭和４６年には御社殿を造営し現在に至っている。

◆例大祭 江戸時代までは稲荷信仰にしたがって、２月初午の日が例祭日とされていた。『祠曹雑識』によれば、百余りの稲荷番付の中で烏森稲荷は東の関脇に位置付けられている。氏子町は神輿・山車踊りや練り物等を出すのが習わしで、稲荷祭の賑わいとしては江戸で１・２を争うものであった。明治以降は例祭日を端午の節句５月４・５・６日に改め、夏祭りのはしり烏森祭として全国的に有名である。

-- English -- Exit the north exit (Hibiya exit) of Shimbashi station, and it is just a short distance from SL Square. Probably because of the good access, there are many businessmen on weekdays, and various people are worshiping on holidays. When I went there, it wasn't crowded with people, but I had the impression that people were constantly changing. It is said that entertainers are often worshiped because the god of rituals enshrines Tenjime, who is worshiped as the god of performing arts, and has the benefit of improving the arts.

◆ Saijin 倉稲魂命＜Uganomitama no mikoto＞ 天鈿女命＜Amenouzume no mikoto＞ 瓊々杵尊＜Ninigi no mikoto＞

◆ Benefits ・ Fulfillment of prayer for victory ·thriving business ・ Improvement of art ・ Kanai Anzen

◆ Origin of place name The land of Karasumori was a sandy beach in Edo Bay when this area was called Sakurada Village, the country of Musashi, and it was a pine forest. Therefore, at that time, this area was called "Forest of the Dead State" or "Forest of the Sky State". Moreover, because many crows gathered and nested in this pine forest, it was later called "crow forest". That is the origin of the name Karasumori. It was used as a town name from the Meiji era until 1945, but after that it was changed to Shimbashi, and now it remains the name as the Karasumori exit of JR Shimbashi station.

◆ The founding of the shrine In the 3rd year of Tengyo (940) during the Heian period, when Taira no Masakado broke out in the eastern country, Hidesato Fujiwara (Tawara Tota), a guardian general who was famous for his extermination, prayed for victory in Inari, a centipede. , The white fox came and gave him the arrow of white feathers. With that arrow, he was able to quickly calm Dongyi, so Hidesato tried to solicit a company to thank him, but a white fox appeared in his dream and told him that the place where the god birds flock was a sacred place. When I came to the forest of Sakurada Village, crows were swarming like a dream, so I built a company head there. That is the origin of Karasumori Inari.

◆ Takamasa of the shrine When the Great Fire of Meireki (a popular name, Furisode Fire, which is one of the three major fires in the world) broke out, the entire city of Edo became a burnt field, and of course the area around our company was also burnt. However, only Karasumori Inari Shrine mysteriously escaped the burning. This is considered to be the cause of Kamui, and since then, the faith in our company has grown day by day. In addition, it has been revered as "Edo Mimori" for a long time together with Suginomori Shrine (Nihonbashi) and Yanagimori Shrine (Kanda). In the 6th year of the Meiji era, the company name of Karasumori Inari Shrine was changed to Karasumori Shrine, and it has gained the faith of many people as the guardian deity of Shimbashi Karasumori. The shrine was built in 1971 and continues to the...

烏森神社は東京・新橋に位置する小さな神社ですが、その独特な雰囲気と鮮やかな装飾が多くの人々に愛されています。境内は都会の喧騒から少し離れた静かな場所にあり、新橋のビジネス街にありながら、ほっと一息つける憩いの場となっています。特に夜になると、境内がライトアップされ、幻想的な雰囲気を楽しむことができます。

この神社は、特に「幸運を招く」や「商売繁盛」、「縁結び」にご利益があるとされています。サラリーマンやOL、観光客が多く訪れ、仕事運や恋愛運を祈る姿が見られます。烏森神社の御朱印は色鮮やかで、四季折々の特別な御朱印が人気です。季節ごとやイベントの時期に合わせてデザインが変わるため、御朱印集めを楽しむ参拝者も多くいます。

また、烏森神社の特徴の一つは、お守りの種類が豊富でユニークなことです。色とりどりの縁起物やお守りがあり、訪れる度に新しい発見があるかもしれません。小さいながらも温かみのある神社で、スタッフや神職の方も親切で、初めての方でも気軽に訪れることができます。

全体として、烏森神社は新橋という都会の中にありながら、特別なご利益や彩り豊かな体験が楽しめる神社です。新橋を訪れた際には、ぜひ立ち寄ってみてください。

English

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