Kameda

Kameda lies near the harbor of Hakodate in southern Ezo. Its Hachiman shrine was revered as a guardian of the district and, according to local tradition, received its deity from the Kehi shrine of Echizen in 1390. The Matsumae lords later made it a place of prayer and dedicated bows and arrows associated with their ancestor Takeda Nobuhiro. The shrine was rebuilt repeatedly through the Edo period, maintaining its place in the life of Kameda.