松平東照宮（Matsudaira Toshogu）：徳川家・松平家発祥の地に鎮座：御祭神（徳川家康公、始祖の松平親氏公、八幡神）

西暦1600年頃の戦国時代末期、日本を統一して戦乱の世に終止符を打ち、当時世界を席巻していた欧米列強による植民地化を防ぐために鎖国政策を断行し、その後江戸幕府を開いて、250年以上も持続可能な循環型の社会を創り上げた将軍・徳川家康公を祀る東照宮。 徳川家・松平家発祥の地である愛知県豊田市松平町に鎮座。御祭神は、徳川家康公・始祖の松平親氏公・八幡神。家康公誕生時の産湯に使われた井戸がある。 Toshogu Shrine is dedicated to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. He unified Japan around the year 1600—bringing an end to the turbulent Warring States period—and implemented a policy of national isolation to prevent colonization by the Western powers that were then dominating the globe. He subsequently established the Tokugawa Shogunate, creating a sustainable & circular society that endured for over 250 years. The shrine is located in Matsudaira-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture—the ancestral home of the Tokugawa and Matsudaira clans. The enshrined deities are Tokugawa Ieyasu, the clan's progenitor Matsudaira Chikauji, and the deity Hachiman. The site also features the well used to draw the water for Ieyasu's first bath after his birth.