Founded in 1069: it keeps the float that the Senba family brings to the Kawagoe Matsuri.
Distinct from the better-known Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine (about 2.5 km away), the Senba Hikawa is one of the ‘three shrines of Senba’ (仙波三社) venerated by the local community since the year 1069, when tradition attributes its founding to the Senba warrior clan. Its grounds hold the storehouse of the processional float of the Senba Jirō Yasuke family, one of the floats that parade in the Kawagoe Matsuri, UNESCO intangible heritage.
A small shrine in Kawagoe, the city where Kirito and his sister Suguha live. Her junior high school is about 2.5 km further north.
ℹ️ Residential area with no shops or public car park; access by car requires prior arrangement.
🚉 Kawagoe · 13 min walk
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It appears in the first episode, recognisable from the sign at the entrance.
Sources: old.seichimap.jp · animetro.ldblog.jp · city.kawagoe.saitama.jp
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