Temple
Zojo-ji
Minato•152m(2 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 5
Shiba Park
芝公園Minato, Tokyo
Garden
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Shiba Park is a public park in Minato, Tokyo, built around the temple of Zojo-ji between the Minato ward offices and Tokyo Tower. It opened in 1873 on land that had been part of the temple grounds, which makes it one of the older parks in the city. After the postwar separation of religion and state, it was re-planned as a secular park that wraps around the temple.
Many of the footpaths on the east side look straight at Tokyo Tower, and they appear often in films and television. The park also holds Shiba Maruyama Kofun, one of the largest keyhole-shaped burial mounds in central Tokyo, and the Shiba Toshogu shrine, where a giant ginkgo is said to have been planted by Tokugawa Iemitsu. A tree planted by Ulysses S. Grant still grows here, and near Onarimon a ginkgo sprouted again from a trunk that survived the 1945 air raids.
Goshuin within a short walk
Temples, shrines and castles near Shiba Park that give goshuin, closest first.
Temple
Hoshu-in
Minato•158m(2 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Temple
Ankokuden
Minato•193m(2 min walk)
Shrine
Tower Daijingu
Minato•369m(5 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 3
Shrine
Shiba Daijingu
Minato•447m(6 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Temple
Tokyobutsugan-ji
Minato•509m(6 min walk)
Shrine
Iikura Kumano
Minato•561m(7 min walk)
How do I visit?
Visit Duration
60 minutes
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