Meiji Shrine
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Year-round; New Year's period for hatsumode; May for iris garden bloom
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A Shinto shrine set within a 70-hectare forested enclosure in the heart of Tokyo, dedicated to the spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Over a million planted trees from across Japan form a secondary forest that functions as an ecological reserve and soundscape buffer from the surrounding city. The main approach along gravel paths flanked by towering camphor trees offers a sense of remove unusual for a metropolitan center.
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