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Tomioka Hachiman-gū
Tomioka Hachiman-gū is the largest Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman in Tokyo, established in Fukagawa in 1627 on a sandbank reclaimed from the sea. It was venerated by the people of shitamachi and known as the 'Hachiman of Fukagawa', and during the Edo period it enjoyed the protection of the Tokugawa shogunate. The grounds house a group of stone monuments related to sumo, including the Yokozuna Stone (1900), which lists the names of every yokozuna up to Terunofuji Haruo and the 'peerless rikishi' Raiden Tameemon. The shrine is famous as the birthplace of Kanjin-zumō in 1684, the origin of today's professional sumo, and it hosts the Fukagawa Matsuri every summer, one of the capital's most important festivals. After being destroyed in 1945 during the bombing of Tokyo, two monuments were erected on the grounds to commemorate a visit by Emperor Shōwa. In 2017 the shrine decided to leave the Association of Shinto Shrines.
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- Visit Tomioka Hachiman-gūVisit Tomioka Hachiman-gū in Tokyo and recognise the place on the ground.