Musashi Shrine

Musashi Shrine (武蔵神社) is located in Shibuya. It once served as the Tokyo Manji Gang's base of operations and the venue of The Battle of 8/3.

Description
Musashi Shrine follows the general blueprint of a Shinto shrine that is Buddhist in origin. It stands on top of a small mountain with a long stone staircase and a torii at its entrance. Its oratory is adorned with a pair of lion-dogs (狛犬,) and an ablution pavilion (手水舎,) beside it. The shrine is surrounded by shrubs and trees. At the foot of the mountain is a parking lot, where countless food and entertainment stalls are set up during festivals, with another located at the back of the mountain.

Toman Arc
After miraculously finding himself in a karaoke booth with a naked Emma Sano, Takemichi Hanagaki gets invited by Ken Ryuguji to Musashi Shrine. Alongside Hinata Tachibana, Takemichi witnesses the arrival of the Tokyo Manji Gang and learns that Emma has connections with Draken and Toman as a whole. Hina finds out about Takemichi's unfaithful actions and beats him. Afterward, Emma explains her true intentions about wooing Takemichi in the karaoke booth, confesses her feelings for Draken, and leaves to watch over Hina.

During Toman's meeting regarding the conflict with Moebius, Takashi Mitsuya orients Takemichi about Moebius's background and history. Suddenly, Haruki Hayashida pushes him aside while Ryohei Hayashi reprimands him for causing the closure of Masataka Kiyomizu's fighting ring. Mitsuya and Draken warn them to stop and ask for Takemichi's forgiveness about their riotous behavior. Mitsuya explains that the Toman-Moebius conflict began because of a feud between Moebius's Eighth Leader Nobutaka Osanai and Pah-chin's close friend. Their feud worsened as Moebius members harmed his friends and family. In the center stage, Manjiro Sano asks Pah if he wants to take revenge. Although hesitant at first, Pah eventually agrees and Toman declares a war against them. Mikey schedules the battle on August 3, the date of the Musashi festival, and Takemichi realizes that it is the day that Draken will die.

Moebius Arc

 * Main article: The Battle of 8/3

On August 3, 2005, the day of the Musashi festival, Takemichi arrives at the shrine with Draken and meets up with Emma and Hina. He and Hina wander around the festival until a sudden downpour cues them to take shelter underneath a tree in the shrine's forest grounds. Takemichi helps Hina remedy her foot pain and unintentionally pins her to the tree. However, as they are about to kiss, he receives a call from Kazushi Yamagishi, who warns him of a grand ploy by several members of the Mikey faction to take revenge on Draken, who previously disagreed with Mikey's decision to bail Pah-chin out of jail. Yamagishi tells him that members of the Mikey faction are not in favor of Mikey and Draken's peace agreement and wish to strike another conflict as retaliation. Concerned, Takemichi excuses himself and runs away to look for Draken and save him.

The Battle of 8/3 begins as Draken meets a displeased Peh-yan at Musashi Shrine's back parking lot, where Peh-yan reveals that he has teamed up with Moebius to set his counterattack plan in motion. It ends with Draken as a wounded casualty, but he comes out of the battle alive as he is eventually brought to the hospital. Toman declares its victory against Moebius.

Trivia

 * The Tokyo Manji Gang uses Musashi Shrine as its regular meeting place because of their shared Buddhist origins.