Hikawa-jinja, Shinto shrine in Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hikawa-jinja is a Shinto shrine in Minato-ku, Tokyo, with wooden buildings, curved roofs, and stone pathways running through its grounds. Alongside the main hall, there are several smaller Inari shrines and a number of weathered stone figures scattered across the site.

According to tradition, Hikawa-jinja was founded in the Hakuhō period, making it the oldest shrine in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The shrine burned in the Meiwa fire of 1772 and its hall was rebuilt in the late Edo period, then destroyed again by an air raid in 1945. The present hall was completed in 1958. It enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Yamato Takeru and Kushinadahime.

The shrine displays fox and dog statues from the late Edo period that symbolize Inari worship and protection. Visitors leave small offerings and ring a bell as a gesture of respect to the deities enshrined here.

The shrine is about a four-minute walk from Shirokane-Takanawa Station and can also be reached from nearby bus stops. The grounds are compact and easy to walk around, with paved paths connecting the different buildings.

The shrine is the oldest in Minato Ward, a fact often missed by visitors heading to the better-known Akasaka and Azabu Hikawa shrines. Its grounds are said to date from the Hakuhō period, and the shrine is also called Shirokane Hikawa Jinja to tell it apart from those two namesakes.