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The shrine sits on a cliff squeezed between modern buildings in an unusual elevated location, requiring visitors to climb stairs from street level to reach the sacred grounds above.
Despite being founded to honor Yamato Takeru and his wife Ototachibana, the shrine became so famous as an Inari shrine during the Edo period that it was counted among Japan's Seven Great Inari Shrines, overshadowing its original purpose.
The shrine offers a rare charm called 'Yoshimu Takarabune' (Good Dream Treasure Ship), based on Edo-period woodblocks discovered at the shrine, believed to bring auspicious dreams when placed under one's pillow.
After being destroyed in WWII air raids, the shrine successfully petitioned Japan's Ministry of Finance in 1971 to receive the land as a government grant, enabling its reconstruction through devoted community support.
This shrine offers 1 different goshuin designs
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Yushima Station
Ochanomizu Station
Ueno-Hirokoji Station
Akihabara Station
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The shrine sits on a cliff squeezed between modern buildings in an unusual elevated location, requiring visitors to climb stairs from street level to reach the sacred grounds above.
Despite being founded to honor Yamato Takeru and his wife Ototachibana, the shrine became so famous as an Inari shrine during the Edo period that it was counted among Japan's Seven Great Inari Shrines, overshadowing its original purpose.
The shrine offers a rare charm called 'Yoshimu Takarabune' (Good Dream Treasure Ship), based on Edo-period woodblocks discovered at the shrine, believed to bring auspicious dreams when placed under one's pillow.
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Also known as: 妻戀神社
Bunkyo, Tokyo Prefecture