Shinto shrine
Suitengū
水天宮（すいてんぐう）
Chūō, Tokyo
A shrine in Nihonbashi Kakigara-chō enshrining four kami: Ame no Minakanushi no Ōkami, Emperor Antoku, Kenreimon-in and Nii no Ama. Since the Edo period it has drawn the faith of people praying for safe childbirth and to be blessed with children.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Enshrined kami: Ame no Minakanushi no Ōkami, Emperor Antoku, Kenreimon-in, Nii no Ama
History and things to know
According to the official guide, it began in Bunsei 1 (1818) when Arima Yorinori, lord of the Kurume domain, received a divided spirit of the Suitengū worshipped in his home domain at his upper residence at Shiba Akabane in Edo. On the 5th of every month the gate of the residence was opened so that townspeople could also worship, and the shrine moved to Aoyama in Meiji 4 and to its present site in Kakigara-chō the following year. The shrine building was rebuilt in Heisei 28.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
Suitengū originated in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture; this is the Suitengū in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, which was divided from it and enshrined in Edo.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 水天宮「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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