Mishuku Jinja / 三宿神社

This is the neighborhood shrine of my old place.  Mishuku Jinja.  I had lived in Mishuku for ten years but it wasn't until my seventh year of living here that I even knew this place existed.  I guess I wasn't much for walking back then.  The stone pillar on the left shows the name of the shrine, "Mishuku Jinja" while the pillar on the right provides the name of the God that resides here, "Bishamonten" - one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Japan.

旧近所の近くにある神社、「三宿神社」です。三宿に１０年間も住んでたのに、この神社が存在してるのは住んで七年目位からやっと発見。やっぱり昔はそんなにあちこち散歩してなかったな。神社の入り口に社号標があります。左は神社名、右は御祭神です。ここは毘沙門天だ。

A monument commemorating the completion of the shrine.

三宿神社境内整備完了記念碑。

It is not known when this shrine was built but estimated to be around the beginning of the Meiji Era.  You can find more detailed information on the shrine at the URL listed below.

http://5.pro.tok2.com/~tetsuyosie/tokyo/kunai/setagayaku/mishuku/mishuku.html

Unfortunately, it is entirely in Japanese and I could not translate the page in its entirety.  For the size of a neighborhood shrine, its amazing that I hadn't discovered it earlier.

Old and new.  I think this was one of those wells for fire.  The item in red to the right is a present day extinguisher.

古いと新しが隣り合わせ。

Kaguraden / 神楽殿

Walking up to the main shrine.

階段上って本殿へ。

Honden / 本殿

Mishuku Jinja's Komainu / 三宿神社の狛犬

An Inari Jinja at Mishuku Jinja / 三宿神社にある稲荷神社

A shrine behind the shrine?  / 神社の裏に神社？

More monuments / ほかの記念碑もある

Even neighborhood shrines make for interesting walks.

近所の神社でも面白い散歩になりますね。