Meiji Shrine
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18 reviews
February 15
A Shinto shrine dedicated to the memory of Emperor Meiji.
There is a huge shady park with tall century-old trees all around.
A local tradition is to visit the temple on New Year's Day and make a wish here.
Apparently, such wishes come true, because on January 1, there are just a lot of people on the territory of the temple.
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April 15
For us, this temple is remembered not as the Meiji Temple, but as a huge park complex of cicadas. When you enter it, you stop hearing the city, you even stop hearing yourself in places, the deafening roar of cicadas is heard from all sides. They seem to be sitting on you, and in droves. And you rush forward.
All the internal spaces of the park near the temple spiritualize, instill peace, adjust your worldview to the right favorable wave, you are imbued with Shintoism, this teaching of polytheism, but for me it is rather the teaching of affinity with nature in all its diversity, hence polytheism.
Of course, the way the life of an ordinary Japanese person is built around rituals that are maximally accessible to everyone is impressive. And I also want to get into it, to touch the local culture. And he can start living the same way...
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November 20, 2024
A wonderful park with a temple. It is convenient to get to the metro station, then 5-7 minutes on foot. A large area with century-old trees, like in a forest with convenient paths, there are toilets, cafes, souvenirs, the temple complex itself is not large, you can lay 1.5-2 hours for a quiet inspection of everything. There are a very decent number of people, admission is free
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