Shinto shrineHigashimurayama, Ome, Okutama

Abiru Shrine (Akiruno, Tokyo)（Akiru Shrine)

walkportable shrine (carried in festivals)

It is an old shrine with a long history, and is listed as the first shrine in Tama-gun, Musashi-kuni in the Engishiki Shinmeicho, a list of shrines compiled in the mid-Heian period (794-1185). The main deity is Omotonokunushi, and the other deities are Ajisade Takahikone no Kami, Takehinatori no Kami, and Amenokoyane no Mikoto. The company name “Akiru” is also written as “Kurokiri” or “Akiru,” but “Akiru” is thought to be a transcription of “Azekiri,” suggesting that the shrine was associated with the development of this land. In the Middle Ages, the shrine was also called Matsubara-daimyojin, from the name of the place, and even today it is commonly called “Matsubara-sama. The annual festival held at the end of September lasts for three days, during which a large, hexagonal portable shrine makes its way around the town.

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