Tokyo Meiji Jingu: The first choice for visiting shrines and transportation during the New Year

Tokyo Meiji Shrine is located in Shibuya District, just outside Shinjuku District, and is also the main attraction between Yoyogi and Harajuku. It covers an area of ​​70 hectares and is second to the Imperial Palace. It is the most visited place to visit during the New Year. Place, so it is very reasonable to include it as an outpost for novices to play Tokyo.

Transportation: How to get to Tokyo Meiji Jingu?

Novice readers can get there by subway. Only Meiji Shrine has different entrances, and the time to reach the shrine on foot is also different. Take us as an example. If you choose to enter from the Omotesando entrance, you will see several important points along the way, although it takes time More than 10 minutes, but it is more complete to visit.

‧ South Sand Road
1. Get off at JR Harajuku Station and walk for about 1 minute from the exit of Omotesando Exit to see Jingu Bridge. After crossing the bridge, you will reach the entrance of Meiji Jingu Shrine.
2. Take the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line or Fukutoshin Line, get off at Meiji Jingumae Station, and come up at Exit 2. You can also see Jingu Bridge and walk there.

‧ North Sand Road
1. Get off at JR Yoyogi Station, exit at the West Exit and walk about 400 meters, 5 minutes to the entrance of Kitasando.
2. Take the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, get off at Kitasando Station, go up at Exit 1, and arrive there in about 500 meters and 6 minutes.
3. Take the Toei Subway Oedo Line, get off at Yoyogi Station, and proceed to the west exit. It takes about 400 meters to arrive in about 5 minutes.

‧West Santo
Take the Odakyu Electric Railway Odawara Line and get off at Sanguobashi Station. After exiting the station, you will pass through the Sanguobashi, Tatedai ​​ポニー Park, and then arrive at Meiji Shrine.

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▲ A list of the three entrance signs and the location of each station.

▲ We got off at Meiji Jingu Front Station, and we came up to Jingu Bridge.

Introduction to Tokyo Meiji Shrine

Meiji Jingu is one of the representatives of Shinto in Japan. The main objects of worship are Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. As the emperors, shoguns, heroes, and samurai were regarded as objects of worship in Shinto, although the Meiji Restoration brought Westernized education and various styles The new thinking still maintains and obeys the existing traditions in religion.

It was blown up during World War II. The reconstruction plan sets the west side of the Jingu as the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium, and the southern green area becomes the Yoyogi Park. Outside the wall is the famous shopping paradise-Omotesando. If you like shoppers, The southeast of the shrine is the Takeshita Street area (the purple area in the map), and you can plan to sprint here for a day.

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What to see around Tokyo Meiji Jingu

‧ Ichino Torii, Otorii: Enter from the direction of Jingu Bridge (the red route on the map), you will first see Ichino Torii at the entrance, and you will pass through various Japanese and Western style wine barrels for ceremonies on foot. You will see the Great Torii, which is the largest wooden torii in Japan, made from 1500-year-old Hinoki cypress in Taiwan's Danda Mountain.

‧ Participating Hall: Most of the static events are held here, you can check the event information on the official website before departure.

‧ Meiji Jingu Garden: When Meiji Jingu was built, 365 trees of 12 species were transported from various places (including Taiwan, North Korea, etc.) for planting. Among them, there are 247 trees of 17 species, and you can enjoy the freshness brought by this green space. .The garden used to be the garden of the Kato and Ii family villas in the Edo period. It was renamed Yoyogi Gyoen in the Meiji period. It is worth visiting for the scenery such as Yuntei and Odiaotai, and an iris flower field is in full bloom until June every year. Place visited by many tourists.

‧ Kiyomasa Well: It was said that Kato Kiyoshi was digging a spring here, and his excavation method and quality of spring water are quite famous.

‧ Tortoise stone: In the north of the shrine, there is a big stone that looks like a tortoise. It is called tortoise stone. It has auspicious meaning and becomes one of the highlights in the park.

‧Jingu Main Shrine: To worship Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, you can visit the shrine in the usual way, except that there are two (couple) Kusu trees in the main shrine, which can pray for marriage and marriage; the content of the shrine is quite special, and it is for two people Yuzhi and Yuge (this is a poem and a Japanese song) selected 15 pieces each.

▲ The torii gate at the entrance is also one of the spots where everyone scrambles to take photos.

▲ When you enter, you have to walk on both sides of the trail, and the middle is said to be for the gods.

▲ The large Torii gate is 12 meters high, the distance between the two pillars is 9.1 meters, and the pillar diameter is 1.2 meters. A small hamburger is placed as a scale.

▲ In the evening, there are not many tourists, and it is more quiet.

▲ The couple Nan is on the right in the photo.

▲ The signature here has nothing to do with good or bad, but it is royal poetry, quite special.

▲ Collect stamps from various places, don’t forget to stamp one!

Conclusion

The general introduction of Meiji Shrine related information, and the most lively at the moment is that the outer garden is full of ginkgo trees turning golden. Therefore, it is a good place to enjoy the scenery in early summer and autumn. If you include New Year's visits, it is highly recommended to all novices. Readers of, planning to come here for a day, and can also stop by the nearby Takeshita Street for shopping and cosmeceuticals.

◎ Meiji Shrine⋅ めいじじんぐう
– Address: 1-1, Yoyogi Jinencho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
– Tel: 03-3379-5511
– Opening hours: the time varies from month to month, see detailsOfficial website information
– Official website: http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/