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Hie Shrine
A temple people come back to · Tokyo, Japan
Photo: Immanuelle · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
Shinto shrine on a wooded hill between the Akasaka offices and the government quarter of Nagatacho, sited southwest of Edo Castle as a directional guardian and moved outside the castle grounds in 1604 so townspeople could worship there. The west approach climbs through roughly 90 close-set red torii. Monkeys, the deity's messengers, stand where lion-dogs usually do, and the shrine holds a National Treasure sword.
You climb a tunnel of red gates and come out on a quiet hilltop ringed by ministries and skyscrapers.
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Where it is
Tokyo, Japan · Nagatacho / Akasaka. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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