Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Kameido Tenjin Shrine deifies Michizane Sugawara, who was a genius in 9th century.

His original shrine is Dazaifu Temmangu in Kyushu.

This shrine is basically for students who are going to have tests.

In 1648, a Shinto priest of Dazaifu Temmangu who was descended from Michizane Sugawara traveled around in Japan and reached here to deifies a statue in an old small shrine.

After a big fire in the city of Edo, the forth Shogun donated a shrine in the current place.

The shrine was built to copy Dazaifu Temmangu in 1662.  

You'll see Tokyo Skytree as a background of shrine's main building.

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<The Nearest Station>

JR Kameido station on Sobu Line

JR Kinshicho station on Sobu Line

Kinshicho station on Hanzomon Line (Z13/Tokyo Metro)

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