Toyotama District Nerima

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Toyotama 豊玉 Toyotama discrict, Nerima

Located in the 中新井 Nakaarai Area.
It used to be 北豊島郡 Kita Toyoshima District.

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豊玉上 Toyotamakami - Upper
豊玉北 Toyotamakita - North
豊玉南 Toyotamaminami - South

豊玉中 Toyotama Naka - Center

From the first to the fourth district.

The primary school 豊玉（ほうぎょく）小学校 Hogyoku Shogakko was founded in 1876.
Hogyoku is one way of reading the characters 豊玉.
In 1844 the reading of the town characters was changed to Toyotama.

The Shrine 氷川神社 Hikawa Jinja is located in Minami second district.

カソリック徳田教会(豊玉中1丁目) Tokuden Catholic Church

. Tokuden Catholic Church - Homepage .

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春潮に豊玉媛の鳥居立つ
shunchoo ni Toyotama hime no torii tatsu

下村梅子 Shimomura Umeko
Tr. Gabi Greve


. Toyotama Hime　豊玉姫 "Luminous Pearl Princess" .
Amenoakarutama 天明玉命. Tama no oya (Kojiki), Kushiakarutama no kami,
Haakaru tama, Tamanoya no mikoto (Nihongi).
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Toyotama-hime (Japanese: 豊玉姫) is a goddess in Japanese mythology who appears in Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
She is the daughter of the sea deity, Watatsumi, and the wife of Hoori.
She is known as the paternal grandmother of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.

Toyotama marries the prince Hoori, but returns to the sea when he breaks the vow
not to spy on her while she goes through childbirth.
The child she gave birth to was Ugayafukiaezu.

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Toyotama-hime's name is believed to mean "a miko (shrine maiden) who makes rich pearls attract divine spirits,"
in which toyo (豊) stands for "rich" and tama (玉) stands for "pearl".
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The account of Toyatama-hime and Hoori appear in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki.
More in the wikipedia

. Toyotama Hime　豊玉姫 - wikipedia .

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