Meiji Shrine information

Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress...

Fukutoshin Line also act as gateways to local attractions such as the Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park and Yoyogi National Gymnasium, making Harajuku and its environs...

Shrine (靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Yasukuni Jinja, lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in...

legally abolished by the Meiji government with the Shinto and Buddhism Separation Order (神仏判然令, Shin-butsu Hanzenrei), and shrines began to be called jinja...

The Meiji Shrine Inner Garden (明治神宮御苑, Meiji Jingū Gyoen) or Yoyogi Gyoen is a public garden adjacent to Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo...

Japan. It opened in 1926 and holds 37,933 spectators. Property of the Meiji Shrine, it is the home field of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball...

1947 Meiji Shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife Meiji Holdings, a Japanese food and pharmaceutical holding company Meiji (company)...

The Meiji Shrine Games (明治神宮競技大会, meidjijingū kyōgi taikai) were a national sporting event held in Japan 14 times between 1924 and 1943. "Meiji Shrine Games...

Meiji Shrine Outer Garden (明治神宮外苑, Meiji-jingū Gaien) is a Western-style garden in the Kasumigaokamachi neighborhood of Shinjuku Ward and the Aoyama neighborhood...

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located adjacent to Harajuku Station and Meiji Shrine in Yoyogikamizonochō. The park is a popular Tokyo destination, especially...

3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō), was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional...

A miko (巫女), or shrine maiden, is a young priestess who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans, but are understood in modern Japanese...

Hachimangū [ja], a Shintō shrine on Shibuya Castle [ja] ruins, the setting for the film Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Meiji Shrine, a Shintō shrine dedicated to the...

The Kansai Big6 Baseball League (関西学生野球連盟, Kansai gakusei yakyū renmei) is a collegiate baseball league located in central Kansai region of Japan, stretching...

The Meiji Restoration (Japanese: 明治維新, romanized: Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (御一新, Goisshin), and also known as...

the Meiji Emperor. Around this time, the state began to assign shrines with meanings rooted in patriotic nationalism; including a network of shrines dedicated...

Shibuya ward, Tokyo. The incident occurred close to Meiji Shrine, one of the largest Shinto shrines in Japan. The street was closed to traffic at the time...

Route 420, north of the districts of Uehara and Tomigaya, and west of Meiji Shrine. This larger definition of Yoyogi is generally used by residents and...

occupation. It was also to be the second-greatest shrine of the Shinto faith after the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Just before the Japanese officially...

a politician and ornithologist who later became head priest of the Meiji Shrine, and Yasuko Tokugawa [ja] (1897-1976), a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao...

The Meiji era (明治時代, Meiji jidai, [meꜜː(d)ʑi] ) was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was...

back to the Meiji period. During the Edo period, it is estimated that one out of ten Japanese conducted an Okage Mairi pilgrimage to the shrine. Accordingly...

exhibitions at the Shinjuku Gyo-en, Meiji Shrine and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The Yasukuni Shrine, formerly a state-endowed shrine (官国弊社, kankokuheisha) has adopted...

Emperor, installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō. The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan...