Meiji Jingu Shrine (明治神宮)
Large shrine popular with foreign tourists!
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- 2016.5.18 update
Large shrine popular with foreign tourists!
Meiji Jingu (明治神宮) is a shrine that enshrines the Emperor Meiji and the Empress, and the number of "People who visit worshipers in the New Year" is also famous as No 1 shrine in Japan.
Entrance to the "Minami Sando (南参道)", a 2-minute walk from JR Harajuku Station.
we will glad you when refered in sight-seeing.
* Sando (参道) = approach to Japanese shrine.
It is about 15 minutes on foot from this torii to Shaden (社殿).
* Shaden (社殿) = Shrine pavilions.
This is "Forest" in the middle of Tokyo. From spring to autumn, please go after sprinkling "Insect repellent spray" etc!
* When buying medicine (spray) in Japan please look for the word "虫よけ"!
These are few part of many 'Meiji Jingu Shrine (明治神宮)' photos.
The center of the "Sando (参道 / approach to Japanese shrine)" is "God's way". Please do not walk in the center.
* These students walked on the right side immediately after this.
Many foreign tourists seem to be walking in the center of the Sando (approach to Japanese shrine).
A river flows in the middle of the Minami Sando (South approac).
The entrance of the "Meiji Jingu Gyoen Garden (明治神宮御苑)".
Please visit here after worshiping! Insect repellent spray, is essential!
Passing "Meiji Jingu Gyoen (明治神宮御苑)", you will see "many people" a little far away.
This place is a place of "Sake barrel and wine barrel (酒樽 and 樽詰めワイン)" popular with foreign tourists.
Many people stop their feet here and take pictures.
The right side is "Sake barrel". The left side is "wine barrel".
Typical Japanese scenery... For that reason it seems to be popular.
Foreign tourists seem very joyful.
Certainly, a lot of "pictures" unique to Japan are lining up.
wine barrel.
A Ōtorii (大鳥居) at the middle point between 'Minami Sando (South approac)' and 'Kita Sando (North approac)'.
we will glad you when refered in sight-seeing.
It is the biggest "wooden torii" in Japan.
Height 12 m, width 17.1 m. Diameter 1.2 m of pillar, weight 13 t
After the third torii, there is a Chozuya (手水舎 / Hand-wash Place) on the left side.
Manner of Chozuya (手水舎)
* In this process, carried out with one dipper-full of water!!
This is a general usage Manner.
"Minami shin-mon Gate (神門)" is the main entrance of Meiji Jingu Shrine.
* This is the state where "mesh seat" is hanging under construction.
This is "Minami shin-mon Gate (神門)" taken in October 2012. It is before construction.
The door of "Minami shin-mon Gate (神門)". * Mesh seat (under construction)
On the front side of the Chozuya (手水舎) there is a Juyosho (授与所 / amulet reception counter).
People planning to receive "Gosyuin (御朱印 / shrine seals)", let's head for Kaguraden (神楽殿 / kagura hall) on the right side of the Shaden (社殿).
The photograph was taken from 2012 to 2016.
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Finally to the shrine area!
English on this page is translated from Japanese to English using the Google translation site. Sorry if there are sentences that are difficult to read.