Meiji Jingu Shrine | A Walk Through a Tokyo Shrine
<p>Tokyo is a surprisingly grey city full of concrete office buildings, bustling crowds, and glass-lined highrises, and yet one of the most popular attractions at the heart of the city is actually nestled into a quiet urban forest. The Meiji Jingu Shrine takes up a surprisingly large chunk of the commercial center of Shibuya, ever since its construction in the early 1900s, built to honor and enshrine the deified spirits of the deceased Emperor Meiji (1852–1912) and his wife Empress Shoken (1849–1914). Back in those days, Shibuya wasn’t quite the bustling entertainment district it is today, but it was no shady countryside woodland either. It actually took 110,000 young volunteers, who donated their time and energy to plant 120,000 trees collected from all over Japan (and around the world). In the past century, that effort has grown into the serene parkland we see surrounding the shrine halls today.</p>
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