花見友紀の「鉄道のある日常」

川越の神社をお参りしてきた。川越は蔵造りの街並みや時の鐘で有名な「小江戸」と呼ばれる街である。





1座目は、西武新宿線本川越駅から蔵造りの街並みへ行く途中にある熊野神社。毎年12月3日に酉の市が開かれ、2007（平成19）年に「川越銭洗弁財天」が再興した。





2座目は川越氷川神社。川越の神社では最も有名なのがここ。縁結びの神様をお祭りしており、参拝客が多い。毎年10月の川越の風物詩、川越まつりはここの神社の例祭。







最後は三芳野神社。「横断歩道のメロディ」としてもおなじみの童謡「とおりゃんせ」発祥の地とされ、「わらべ唄発祥の所」の碑がある。


I visited some shrines in Kawagoe.
Kawagoe is famous for classical structures and "The Bell of Time", and is called "Koedo" because of a classical atmosphere.

On the way to classic structures area from Hon-kawagoe Station, there's Kumano Shrine. On every December 3rd, Torinoichi fare is held and a small pond washing coin was built.

Next, I went to Hikawa Shrine, which is the most famous one in Kawagoe. This shrine has many visitors because the god of marriage is enshrined. The annual festival is also famous as Kawagoe Matsuri.

The last one is Miyoshino Shrine. This shrine is said that the origin of a Japanese children's song "Toryanse", which is also known as the crosswalk/zebra crossing melody in Japan. The monument of this song is in this shrine.