#Shitaya Shrine

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Shitaya Shrine has three Osmanthus trees.

I passed by Shitaya Shrine. There’s a forest trail beside the shrine, perfect for a pleasant walk. The highlight is the three Osmanthus trees in full bloom, filling the air with a delightful fragrance. Shitaya Shrine 3 Chome-29-8 Higashiueno, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0015

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Subtle Craftsmanship of Shitaya Shrine・下谷神社の唐破風と飾金具・小口金物

The Shitaya Shrine in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo’s Taito Ward, caught my eye with its use of a curved gable called karahafu. This elegant architectural feature has been used on the roofs of Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, and even Japanese castles since the late Heian period (794–1185), originally signifying prestige and importance.

I was particularly drawn to the ornamental fittings. The golden accents contrast beautifully with the dark, aged wood, creating a harmonious balance between decoration and simplicity. Unlike more elaborate shrine embellishments, the metalwork here is used sparingly—enhancing the shrine’s elegance without feeling excessive.

Such fittings are often made of iron, copper, or gilt bronze. While they serve a decorative purpose, they also reinforce and protect structural elements, ensuring the longevity of the shrine’s intricate craftsmanship.

Full write-up with links to sources for further reading (1-minute read): https://www.pix4japan.com/blog/20241210-shrine

Timestamp: 14:32・2024/12/10 Fujifilm X100V with 5% diffusion filter ISO 160 for 1/30 sec. at ƒ/10 Classic Chrome film simulation

Timestamp: 14:44・2024/12/10 Fujifilm X100V with 5% diffusion filter ISO 160 for 1/30 sec. at ƒ/3.6 Astia/Soft film simulation

Timestamp: 14:45・2024/12/10 Fujifilm X100V with 5% diffusion filter ISO 160 for 1/30 sec. at ƒ/3.6 Provia/Standard film simulation

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Tokyo Hidden Gem: Shitaya Shrine

Watch the video:https://youtu.be/8WrJ24vVt9s Welcome to my walk around Shitaya Shrine, nestled near Ueno in Tokyo! This ancient Shinto shrine boasts over 1,300 years of history and offers a serene escape from the bustling city. As we step through the primary torii gate, we enter a world where tradition and tranquility blend seamlessly. The vermilion hues of the Ryuei Inari Shrine greet us,…

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Forgotten Japan: A Maiden Playing the Shamisen The oldest Inari shrine in Tokyo, the Shitaya Shrine

Shitaya Shrine

The oldest Inari shrine sits within walking distance of Ueno Park. Tokyo is an interesting place with many layers of history.

The precincts are peaceful, and many people visit the shrine in the morning.

It was a refreshing visit to the shrine that shows it is cherished by the locals.

Nearby Shitaya Shrine 5 min. walk from Ueno Station 14 minutes on foot Shinobazunoike Benten Hall 15 minutes on foot Ueno Zoo 16 minutes on foot Tokyo National Museum 16 minutes on foot Torigoe Shrine 17 minutes on foot Ueno Toshogu Shrine 21 minutes on foot Sensoji Temple 27 minutes on foot Tsumagoi Shrine

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下谷神社　Shitaya-jinja Shrine by ELCAN KE-7A

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Woman Strolling to Marishiten Shrine/ Boar (I) -- Shitaya, from the series Allusions to the Twelve Zodiac Animals at Famous Places in Edo for the Ichiyō Circle (Ichiyōren Edo meisho mitate jūnishi), with poems by Bunkyosha Takamaru, Bunshukusha Otoyoshi,, Yashima Gakutei, Edo period, 1827, Harvard Art Museums: Prints

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel Size: Paper: H. 20.5 cm x W. 18.9 cm (8 1/16 x 7 7/16 in.) Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink and color on paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207905

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The outer torii at Shitaya Jinja (下谷神社) in Higashi-Ueno

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【下谷神社】 例大祭限定見開き切り絵御朱印 (1日〜8日) 本社神輿がデザインされた切り絵御朱印です。 台紙は全て金色です。 #下谷神社 #下谷神社御朱印 #御朱印 #御朱印巡り #御朱印好きな人と繋がりたい #御朱印スタグラム #御朱印めぐり #御朱印好き #御朱印収集 #御朱印部 #御朱印男子 #限定御朱印 #御朱印おじさん #御朱印拝受 #ご朱印 #ご朱印巡り #カラフル御朱印 #綺麗な御朱印 #東京御朱印 #goshuin #shrine #切り絵御朱印 Limited edition cut-out Goshuin at Shitaya Shrine, Tokyo https://www.instagram.com/p/CdF2tfFv8Sl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Shitaya Shrine #tokyo #tokyoburari #instatokyojapan #instatokyo #asakusa #ueno #shrine #sonya7ii #carlzeiss #東京ぶらり #下谷神社 #shitayashrine #浅草 #上野 #合羽橋#shrinephotography # #jp_gallery #tokyophotography #japanphotography #travel #japanculture #tokyotokyo #下町情緒 #tokyolandscape https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv5759cHvQr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dq3eft953l5p

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富士塚 1 小さな富士山と東京の写真集 FUJIZUKA 1 SMALL MOUNDS FUJI AND TOKYO Photo Book

小野照崎神社   下谷坂本の富士塚   台東区下谷 2-13-14 Onoterusaki Shrine   Fujizuka of Shitayasakamoto   2-13-14, Shitaya, Taito-ku

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Floral Panda at Shitaya Shrine’s Water Font・下谷神社の花手水：パンダの彩り✨🐼🌸

Most Shinto shrines include a small, roof-covered purification font called a temizuya (手水舎; sometimes read chōzuya). During the pandemic, many temizuya were temporarily closed to prevent the spread of infection and repurposed as a flower vessel, filling the water basin with freshly cut flowers.

The beautifully arranged flowers now attract visitors of all ages, leading to the temizuya being affectionately renamed hanachōzu (花手水; hana meaning flower and chōzu meaning water font). Shitaya Shrine, where this photo was taken, often incorporates a panda motif in its floral arrangements. This is a nod to the twin pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, who reside at the nearby Ueno Zoo.

While the scene is cluttered with lines, patterns, and colors—much like the energy of a Tokyo neighborhood—narrowing my focus to just the flowers brings a sense of calmness and joy. It’s heartwarming to think that someone carefully arranges these flowers simply for the enjoyment of shrine visitors.

Full write-up with links to sources for further reading (1-minute read): https://www.pix4japan.com/blog/20241210-hanachozu

Location: Shitaya Shrine, Taito-ku, Tokyo Timestamp: 14:37・2024/12/10 Fujifilm X100V with 5% diffusion filter ISO 500 for 1/30 sec. at ƒ/10 Astia/Soft film simulation

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Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.  3776-meter-high mountain is in Shizuoka prefecture and you can see it on your right side when you take Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto.  And we Japanese just love this mountain from the ancient times.

Mt. Fuji from Shinkansen

Mt. Fuji of Hokusai’s Woodblock Print in The Sumida Hokusai Museum

And this mountain is religously sacred.  During Edo Era of 18th century, people in current Tokyo started to worship Mt. Fuji and they built miniature Mt. Fuji inside shrines in Tokyo.  The miniature Mt. Fuji is called Fujizuka and sometimes they were made of molten rocks of real Mt. Fuji.

Fujizuka in Shitaya Sakamoto in Tokyo is one of those Fujizuka in Edo Era which was built in 1839.  As I wrote in my yesterday’s post, every year on June 30th and July 1st, this miniature mountain becomes open to the public and you can climb the miniature Mt. Fuji.

Sengen Jinja Shrine in Ono Terusaki Shrine

  This is how people climb the miniature Mt. Fuji.

By Thirteen-fri – 投稿者自身による作品, CC 表示-継承 4.0, Link

The religious faith of Mt. Fuji was started by Kakugyo Hasegawa during the 16th century.   This religion was succeeded by several generations during Edo Era.  In 1733, Miroku Jikigyo, a person of religion, went into Mt. Fuji and started fast in order to save the public from the famine which led him to death 35 days later.

Fujizuka in Kaizo-ji Temple where I also visited is believed to have parts of bones of Miroku.

Fujizuka (miniature Mt. Fuji) in Kaizo-ji Temple

Kaizo-ji Temple

Fujizuka in Kaizo-ji Temple

Fujizuka in Kaizo-ji Temple

Kaizo-ji Temple

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Address: 25-10 Mukogaoka 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Mt. Fuji in Tokyo. #mountfuji #japantravel #tokyo #shrine #temple Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.  3776-meter-high mountain is in Shizuoka prefecture and you can see it on your right side when you take Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto.  

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[su_label type=”info”]The gallery of “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”[/su_label]

In 1853, Utagawa Hiroshige began to draw the new series of landscape ukiyo-e. He already held the position of pupular ukiyo-e artist by the succuess of “Fifty-Three Stages on the Tokaido“. His new work was on the theme of sights in various parts of the Edo.

  As its name suggests, “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” consists of more than 100 paintings(and table of contents). And the they are divided into four seasons.

  Table of contents

  Spring

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Clearing Weather after Snow at Nihonbashi

Kasumigaseki

Yamashita-chō and Outer Sakurada Gate

Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge

Ekōin, the Ryōgoku District, and Moto-Yanagi Bridge

Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-chō

Cotton goods shops, Ōdenma-chō

Suruga-chō

Yatsukōji, inside Sujikai Gate

Dawn at Kanda Myōjin Shrine

Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno

Yamashita (“Beneath the Mountain”) District, Ueno

Hirokoji Street in Shitaya

Temple Gardens, Nippori

Suwa Bluff, Nippori

Flower Pavilion, Dango Slope, Sendagi

View to the North from Asukayama

Ōji Inari Shrine

Dam on the Otonashi River at Ōji

The Kawaguchi Ferry, Zenkōji Temple

Mount Atago, Shiba

Furukawa River, Hiroo

Chiyogaike Pond, Meguro

New Fuji, Meguro

Moto Fuji, Meguro

Armor-Hanging Pine, Hakkeisaka

Plum Garden, Kamata

Palace Hill, Shinagawa

Moto-Hachiman Shrine, Sunamura

Plum Estate, Kameido

Azuma Shrine and the Entwined Camphor

Yanagishima

Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal

Night View of Matsuchiyama and San’ya Canal

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River

View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya

Tile Kilns and Hashiba Ferry, Sumida River

Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara

Distant View of Kinryūzan Temple and Azuma Bridge

Bashō’s Hermitage and Camellia Hill on the Kanda Aqueduct at Sekiguchi

Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine

Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment

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  Summer

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Nihon and Edo Bridges

View of Nihonbashi Road 1-chōme

Yoroi Ferry and Koami-chō

Seidō Hall and Kanda River from Shōhei Bridge

Fūdo Falls, Ōji

Paulownia Plantation, Akasaka

Zōjōji Pagoda and Akabane

Sumiyoshi Festival, Tsukuda Island

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa River

Sudden Shower Over Ōhashi Bridge and Atake

Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank

Rendezvous Pine near the Asakusa River and the Onmaya Bank of the Sumida River

Komagata Hall and Azuma Bridge

Horikiri Iris Garden

Precincts of the Tenjin Shrine, Kameido

Sasakai Ferry

Open Garden at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine

Mouth of the Naka River

Scattered Pines beside the Tone River.

Eight-view Bridge

Suido Bridge and Suruga Hill

Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu

Entrance of the Sanno Festival Procession to Kōjimachi

Kōjimachi and the Benkei Moat at Soto-Sakurada

The Parting Waters at Mitsumata

The Asakusa River, Miyato River, and the Banks of the Sumida River

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi

The Snail Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats

Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, Fukagawa

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  Autumn

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Prosperity Throughout the City during the Tanabata Festival

Clothing Shop, Odenmacho

he Dyers’ District in Kanda

Kyobashi Bridge and Bamboo Yards

The Harbor Shrine and Inari Bridge at Teppozu

Teppōzu and Tsukiji Honganji Temple

Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple in Shiba

Kanasugi Bridge and Shibaura

Ushimachi, Takanawa

Moon-Viewing Point

Susaki and Shinagawa

Grandfather’s Teahouse, Meguro

Distant View of Akasaka Pond from Kinokuni Slope

The New Station of Naitō at Yotsuya

Benten Shrine and Inokashira Pond

River of waterfalls, Ōji

The Moon Pine on the Temple Precincts at Ueno

Night view of Saruwaka-chō

Inside Akiba Shrine, Ukechi

Mokubōji Temple and Vegetable Fields by the Uchi River

Nījuku Ferry

Maple Leaves, the Tekona Shrine, and Bridge at Mama

View of Goose Hill and the Tone River

Horie and Nekozane

Five Pines, Onagi River

Fireworks at Ryōgoku

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  Winter

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Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa

Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara

Asakusa rice fields and Torinomachi Festival

Mikawa Island, Kanasugi, and Minowa

The Great Bridge at Senju

Koume (“small plum”) Embankment

Onmayagashi

Fukagawa Lumberyards

Susaki and the Jūmantsubo Plain near Fukagawa

View of the Bay at Shiba

Minami-Shinagawa and Samezu Coast

Robe-Hanging Pine, Senzoku Pond

Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill, Meguro

Yabu Lane Below Atago

Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate

Bikuni Bridge in the Snow

Takada Riding Grounds

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge, and Jariba at Takada

Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine

New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree

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  Back to the page of Utagawa Hiroshige

Hiroshige’s “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” The gallery of "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" In 1853, Utagawa Hiroshige began to draw the new series of landscape…

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Iconic images don’t die; they just get retraced with different characters.

Chikane Himemiya and Himeko Kurusugawa from Kannazuki no Miko / Destiny of the Shrine Maiden.

Female Byleth and Edelgard from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. 

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Face Amongst The Many

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【下谷神社】 切り絵御朱印 元旦から頒布されている、天井絵の龍🐉の切り絵御朱印です。 キラキラ✨の紙は数種類あって(選べない)青色でした。 #下谷神社 #下谷神社御朱印 #御朱印 #御朱印巡り #御朱印好きな人と繋がりたい #御朱印スタグラム #御朱印めぐり #御朱印好き #御朱印収集 #御朱印部 #御朱印男子 #限定御朱印 #御朱印おじさん #御朱印拝受 #ご朱印 #ご朱印巡り #カラフル御朱印 #綺麗な御朱印 #東京御朱印 #goshuin #shrine #切り絵御朱印 Limited edition cut-out Goshuin at Shitaya Shrine, Tokyo https://www.instagram.com/goshuin.world/p/CYkN7etBUw9/?utm_medium=tumblr