Meiji Jingu is a shrine in Shibuya City, Tokyo, dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Dowager Shoken.
The shrine usually attracts the largest number of visitors in Japan for Hatsumode (the first visit to a shrine or temple at the beginning of the new year).
Torii gate
Located next to Harajuku, a fashionable and trendy area for young people, Meiji Jingu is surrounded by lush forests and has a solemn atmosphere despite its central location in the heart of Tokyo.
The 700,000-square-meter forest of Meiji Jingu is not a natural forest, but a virgin forest artificially created over a period of 100 years, nurturing a rich ecosystem.
approach to the main shrine
In addition to the main shrine, the grounds of Meiji Jingu also include a fee-paying garden, a museum displaying artifacts related to Emperor Meiji and Empress Dowager Shoken, the deities of the shrine, and a cafe.
INFORMATION
NAME
Meiji Jingu (明治神宮)
ADMISSION
Free
ADDRESS
1-1, Yoyogi Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8557
ACCESS
1-minute walk from Harajuku Station and Meiji-jingumae Station, 3-minute walk from Sangubashi Station, 5-minute walk from Yoyogi Station and Kita-Sando Station.
STATION INFO
(JR) Harajuku Station
Yamanote Line
(Tokyo Metro) Meiji-jingumae Station
Chiyoda Line, Fukutoshin Line
(Odakyu Railway) Sangubashi Station
Odawara Line
(JR) Yoyogi Station
Yamanote Line, Chuo–Sobu Line
(Toei Transportation) Yoyogi Station
Toei Oedo Line
(Tokyo Metro) Kita-Sando Station
Fukutoshin Line
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