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東京都 · Shrines & temples

Meiji Jingu

渋谷区都心

That forest was not already there. About 100,000 trees, donated from every part of Japan, were planted by volunteer youth groups: an artificial wood. …

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Sensoji

台東区城東

Held to be the oldest temple in Tokyo. Shops have lined Nakamise, from Kaminarimon to Hozomon, since the Edo period.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Kanda Myojin

千代田区都心

The tutelary shrine of Edo. The Kanda festival is one of the three great festivals of Japan.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Zojoji

港区都心

The funerary temple of the Tokugawa. The Sangedatsumon gate survives from the early Edo period.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Hie Jinja

千代田区都心

The guardian of Edo Castle. Its deity was invited from Hiyoshi Taisha in Shiga, and like that shrine its messenger is the sacred monkey. The Sanno fes…

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Yushima Tenmangu

文京区都心

The leading shrine of learning in eastern Japan. In exam season it disappears under votive tablets. It is also known for its plum blossom.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Tomioka Hachimangu

江東区城東

The largest Hachiman shrine in Edo. Public sumo tournaments began here, and a monument to the yokozuna stands in its grounds.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Takahata Fudoson

日野市多摩

One of the three great Fudo temples of eastern Japan. The Fudo hall and the Niomon gate are Important Cultural Properties. It is also the funerary tem…

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Meiji Jingu Forest

渋谷区都心

An artificial wood planted with about 100,000 donated trees. The species were chosen on the assumption it would be natural forest a century on.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Kaminarimon

台東区城東

Its formal name is Furaijinmon. A dragon is carved into the base of the great lantern.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Asakusa Jinja

台東区城東

The shrine of the Sanja festival. It enshrines the three men who found the principal image of Sensoji.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Nezu Jinja

文京区都心

Its buildings are collectively an Important Cultural Property. Known for its thousand torii and its azalea garden.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Yasukuni Jinja

千代田区都心

A cherry tree in its grounds serves as the reference tree for Tokyo's blossom declaration.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Gotokuji

世田谷区城南

It carries a tradition of being the origin of the beckoning cat. Countless dedicated cats stand in rows.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Imado Jinja

台東区城東

Another site claiming the origin of the beckoning cat. Known for matchmaking.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Shinagawa Jinja

品川区城南

A twin-dragon torii, with dragons coiled around the pillars. A Fuji mound stands in the grounds.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Oji Inari Jinja

北区城北

It claims to preside over all the Inari shrines of eastern Japan, and is known for the fox procession on New Year's Eve.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Akasaka Hikawa Jinja

港区都心

Its mid-Edo hall escaped the air raids and survives.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Tokyo Daijingu

千代田区都心

The Ise of Tokyo. Held to be the first shrine in Japan to hold a Shinto wedding.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Hanazono Jinja

新宿区都心

The tutelary shrine of Shinjuku, with its Tori no Ichi market and a history of sideshows and theatre in its grounds.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Fukagawa Fudodo

江東区城東

The Tokyo branch of Naritasan. Its prayer hall is covered wall to wall in Sanskrit characters.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Ikegami Honmonji

大田区城南

Where Nichiren died. Its five-storey pagoda is held to be the oldest in eastern Japan.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Jindaiji

調布市多摩

Its seated Shaka Nyorai is a National Treasure, made in the Hakuho period. The soba sold at its gate is famous.

東京都 · Shrines & temples

Takaosan Yakuoin

八王子市多摩

A sacred mountain of tengu belief. Its yearly number of climbers is said to be among the highest in the world.