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fuji, irugi, jomon, kaizuka, osaki, shinagawa, yamanote line居木神社Irugi Jinja (Irugi Shrine)・So the other day, I wrote about 大崎 Ōsaki and I mentioned a shrine called Irugi Shrine.
Apparently, the shrine was vulnerable to storms and floods damage due to its proximity to the river and so the villagers of 居木橋村 Irugibashi Mura Irugibashi Village re-located the shrine and its associated temple, 観音寺 Kannon-ji to the top of a hill, where it now stands.
The area was famous for 雉子 kiji green pheasants so originally, the shrine was called 雉子ﾉ宮 Kiji no Miya Green Pheasant Shrine but in 1872 (Meiji 5), the shrine was renamed Irugi Shrine[ii].
Despite being a local shrine, it’s quite active.
[ii] If you walk 10-15 minutes to 五反田 Gotanda, you can find a shrine called 雉子神社 Kiji Jinja Kiji Shrine which preserves the reference to green pheasants.