Asia Travel: A Photo Journal from Meiji Shrine, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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In this post we share photos from Meiji Shrine, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Logistics
Meiji Jingu, in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Address: 1-1, Yoyogi Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8557, Japan
Most visitors arrive to Meiji Shrine starts from Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote Line or Meiji-jingu-mae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin subway lines.
Torii gates mark the approach and entrance to a shrine.
Alternate Entrance (Walk from Yoyogi Park (Northern side)
Grounds
Shrine
Participation in Shinto activities: Ema
Visitors write their wishes on wooden plates and hang them at the shrine in the hope that their wishes come true.
Participation in Shinto activities: prayers
Participation in Shinto activities: Omikuji
Omikuji are fortune telling paper slips. Visitors shake a box filled with numbered sticks and the stick that appears from the opening matches a corresponding prediction.
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