Atago Jinja Shrine

Area

Tokyo Tower area

Category

Shrine / temple History

Located in the heart of Tokyo’s business district, Atago-jinja is a shrine built in 1603 during the Edo period. Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered this shrine to be built to protect his capital of Edo from fire and disaster. The steep flight of stairs located right at the entrance of the shrine is famous for the legend of Shusse no Ishidan, literally translating to “Steps of Success”, in which a young samurai climbed up and down the stairs on horseback. Visiting Atago-jinja is especially convenient if you visited Tokyo Tower via Kamiyacho station, as this shrine is a five minute walk from there.

Basic Information

Address

1-5-3 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Phone

03-3431-0327

Hours

9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Website

http://www.atago-jinja.com/

Access

FromShinjuku Station

【Shinjuku Sta.】— Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line / for Ikebukuro
→【Kasumigaseki Sta.】— Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / for Nakameguro
→【Kamiyacho Sta.】from Exit 3 → about a 5-minute walk

FromTokyo Station

【Tokyo Sta.】— Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line / for Shinjuku
→【Kasumigaseki Sta.】— Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / for Nakameguro
→【Kamiyacho Sta.】from Exit 3 → about a 5-minute walk

FromNarita Airport

【Narita Airport Sta.】— Narita Sky Access Express Line / for Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal 
→【Higashi Ginza Sta.】— Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / for Nakameguro
→【Kamiyacho Sta.】from Exit 3 → about a 5-minute walk

FromHaneda Airport

 【Haneda Airport Sta.】— Tokyo Monorail / for Hamamatsucho 
→【Hamamatsucho Sta.】— Toei Mita Line / for Otemachi
→【Onarimon Sta.】from Exit A5 → about a 10-minute walk