Kasuya district Setagaya

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Kasuya mura 粕谷村 / 糟谷村 Kasuya village
世田谷区 Setagaya 粕谷一丁目から四丁目 from the first to the fourth sub-district



The name refers to the land owner 糟谷三郎兼時 Kasuya Saburo Kanetoki,
who lived here in the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333).
His estate was on Mount Hachiman Yama 八幡山. and 入間村 Irima village belonged under his jurisdiction.
The area did not have much water and the villagers grew vegetables.
One of his descendants, 与一右衛門 Yoichiemon, was a retainer of the 吉良氏 Kira clan. When the Kira clan was extinguished, he moved to
弦巻村 Tsurumaki village and later to 野良田村 Norada village　- present-day 玉川中町 Tamagawa-Nakamachi.

Kasuya village belonged to Kanagawa in 1827 and in 1889 was reclaimed by Tokyo, named 千歳村大字粕谷 Chitose mura Daigaku Kasuya.
In 1936, it became part of Setagaya as 粕谷町 Kasuya machi. In 1970, the village became part of
祖師谷一丁目 Soshigaya、烏山町 Karasuyama、廻沢町 （めぐりさわまち Megurisawa and 船橋町 Funabashi.


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Shrine Kasuya Hachiman Jinja 粕谷八幡神社
1 Chome-6-4 Kasuya, Setagaya, Tokyo
In honor of 糟谷三郎兼時 Kasuya Saburo Kanetoki.



There are many old trees in the compound and it is quite dark even at daytime.
The main hall has been rebuilt in 1959. The komainu 狛犬 guardian dogs have been an offering from 2006.



One of the trees in the compound is called
wakare no sugi わかれの杉 cedar tree of departing
The writer Tokutomi Roka used to bring his visitors to this shrine and waited under this tree until they were out of sight.
When soldiers had to go to war, their families came here to pray for good fortune and a safe return, then seeing off their children.

The main festival of the Shrine is in October.
粕谷八幡神社例大祭




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Tokutomi Roka 徳冨蘆花 / Tokutomi Kenjiro 徳富健次郎 (1868 - 1927)
Kenjiro wrote novels under the pseudonym of Roka Tokutomi. He corresponded with Leo Tolstoy. A copy of a letter is on display in the small museum located in the Roka Kōshun-en Park, along with belongings.
From February 27, 1907, until his death, he lived in a house in Musashino (Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan).
At his wife's death the property was donated to the City of Tokyo to be used as a park. It was named Roka Kōshun-en in his honor.
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蘆花恒春園　Roka Koshun En Park

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