Why we love itFew places demonstrate Tokyo's contrasts so clearly: youth culture and crowded streets sit immediately beside a monumental forest sanctuary.
Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine surrounded by a vast man-made forest only minutes from Harajuku Station. The long approach through the trees creates a gradual transition from contemporary Tokyo into a quieter space shaped by ritual and nature.
- Official name
- 明治神宮
- Address
- 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町1-1
- Area
- Harajuku / Yoyogi
- Nearest station
- Harajuku / Meiji-jingumae
- Hours
- Sunrise to sunset (varies monthly; June ~5:00–18:30)
Good to knowFree to enter. Opening and closing follow sunrise and sunset and change monthly (June about 5:00–18:30). The walk from the entrance to the main shrine takes ~10 minutes.
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