Kakugo Inari Shrine

Kakugo Inari Shrine is on the rooftop of GSIX, the largest commercial complex in Ginza.

It was established in 1815 and moved to the rooftop of Matsuzakaya Department Store in 1929. Matsuzakaya was reborn as GSIX this month and shrine is on the same place.

This shrine is to protect from fire.

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<The Nearest Station>

Ginza station on Marunouchi Line / Hibiya Line / Ginza Line
(M16/H08/G09 Tokyo Metro)

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Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine

Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is famous for orange Torii Gates.
There're more than 10,000 Torii Gates lined up to the top of the mountain.
There are a lot of people walking under the Torii Gates at the bottom of the mountain. The higher you go, the fewer people go.

This shrine started in 711.

We have about 30,000 Inari Shrines in Japan.
This Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is the Head Shrine of these 30,000 Inari Shrines.

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<The Nearest Bus Stop>

Inari Taisha Mae

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Heian Jingu Shrine

Heian Jingu Shrine was established in 1895 to celebrate 1100th anniversary of becoming Capital. Capital was transferred from Nara to Kyoto in 794.

50th Emperor was defied since he was the emperor in 794.

This shrine is very new in Kyoto.
Main hall was built in the scale of five eighth of the original main hall 1200 years ago. Even current building is very big.

Impression of this shrine is wide open.

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<The Nearest Bus Stop>

Okazaki Koen/Dobutsuen Mae
Okazaki Koen/Bijutukan/Heian Jingu Mae

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Akagi Shrine

Current Akagi Shrine may be one of the most modern shrines in Japan.
It has new clean buildings including cafe.

But the history is long.
Original shrine was started in 1300 and moved to the current place in 1555.
Tokugawa Shogunate Government designated this shrine as one of three shrines in Edo in 1683. The other two shines are Hie Shrine and Kanda Myojin Shrine.

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<The Nearest Station>

Kagurazaka station on Tozai Line (T05/Tokyo Metro)

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Senzokuike Park - Bentenjima Benzaiten

There's Benzaiten Shrine on Bentenjima Island in the pond.
A little red bridge is the only approach to get to this shrine.

This shrine has a red torii gate and main hall is red, too.

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<The Nearest Station>

Senzokuike station on Ikegami Line

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Senzokuike Park - Senzoku Hachiman Shrine

Senzoku Hachiman Shrine was established in 860.
When we had civil wars, feudal loads around here stopped by this shrine to prey for their victory.

This shrine has a red Ryobu Torii Gate with support legs just like Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima. This Torii Gate is right at the edge of the pond.

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<The Nearest Station>

Senzokuike station of Tokyu Ikegami Line

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Tenso Shrine

Tenso Shrine started as village shrine for current Sugamo / Otsuka area in 1320's.
Amaterasu Omikami (Goddess of the Sun) is defied here, same god as Ise Shrine.

A pair of huge ginkgo trees are about 600 years old and respected as trees of God.
One is male tree and another one is female tree.

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<The Nearest Station>

JR Otsuka station on Yamanote Line
Otsuka Ekimae station on Arakawa Line (Street Car)

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Takinogawa Hachiman Shrine

Takinogawa Hachiman Shrine was established in 1202 according to one estimate.

Main hall was restored in 1885 and prayers hall was restored in 1922.

This place used to be a market of vegetables' seeds.

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<The Nearest Station>

Nishisugamo Station on Mita Line (I16/Toei Subway) 

JR Itabashi station on Saikyo Line

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Nanasha Shrine

Nobody knows the history of this shrine since all records were burnt down in big fire in 1793.
Original shrine was in Kyu Furukawa Garden and transferred to the current place at the beginning of Meiji era.

Torii gate is located right next to Nishigahara Ichirizuka (Mile Stone).

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<The Nearest Station>

Nishigahara station on Namboku Line (N15/Tokyo Metro) 

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