Meiji-jingu Shrine

Area

Harajuku / Omotesando

Category

Shrine / temple History

Meiji Jingu, founded in 1920, celebrates the lives of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken. The shrine is surrounded with over 100,000 trees, all planted by hand. Every year, this shrine outshines others with the most number of visitors on New Year’s Day (the tradition of hatsu-mode). Meiji-jingu’s iris garden is especially a spectacle, and is open every May and June.

(JUL 12.2018)

Basic Information

Address

1-1 Kamizono-cho Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku Tokyo

Phone

03-3379-5511

Hours

From sunrise to sunset (depends on month)

Fee

Gyoen: ¥500

Homotsuden: ¥500

Website

http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/

Access

FromShinjuku Station

【Shinjuku Sta.】JR Yamanote Line / for Shibuya
→【Harajuku Sta.】from the Omotesando Exit → about a 1-minute walk

FromTokyo Station

【Tokyo Sta.】JR Yamanote Line / for Shinagawa
→【Harajuku Sta.】from the Omotesando Exit → about a 1-minute walk

FromNarita Airport

【Narita Airport Sta.】Skyliner / for Keisei Ueno
→【Nippori Sta.】JR Yamanote Line / for Ikebukuro
→【Harajuku Sta.】from the Omotesando Exit → about a 1-minute walk

FromHaneda Airport

【Haneda Airport Sta.】Keikyu Airport Express Limited Express / for Narita Airport
→【Shinagawa Sta.】JR Yamanote Line / for Shibuya
→【Harajuku Sta.】from the Omotesando Exit → about a 1-minute walk