A hundred years of forest, summer to go to the Meiji Shrine 8 reasons reveal!

Japan’s first number of visitors is the Meiji Shrine, in 2020 is about to meet the first 100 years, compared to the annual New Year worship are super crowded, summer worship can be done while the forest bath, is a matter of the matter!

To commemorate the shrine of the emperor and the emperor of the emperor, in 1920 to create the shrine. In the heart of Tokyo is the expansion of the palace of the forest, is created by the country from the introduction of about 10 million trees, is an artificial woods.

The number of visitors is the first place in Japan.

※ Meiji Temple main entrance

Why is it not to visit the New Year, but recommended the reasons for the summer visit is what?

1. The location of the Meiji Shrine is in the very center of Tokyo

※ In the metropolitan area of the Meiji Shrine

The location of the Meiji Shrine is near Shinjuku and Shinjuku. It is the most complicated area in Tokyo, but it is only once for the Meiji Shrine to visit the New Year. You do not have to pay for admission. You can also go shopping while you go shopping.

2. Clean your body carefully!

※ into the shrine before, be sure to wash your hands here, there are mouthwash can go into the shrine visit!

Cleaning the practice is also pay attention to, the specific steps are as follows:

First with the right hand to take the spoon handle water, wash the left hand. Then turn left hand holding the scoop handle the right hand. Followed by the right hand holding the handle to take a little bit of water to the left hand mouthwash, and then wash the left hand, the spoon up to the rest of the water down when the homeopathic cleaning handle, and finally back to the original scoop.

The end of the year is the most mixed period, in the net body handle with the mouth all the clean is very difficult thing, but if it is summer, absolutely better than the end of the year so that the action can be done really clean, you can The perfect and clean to go to worship, maybe the year after the end of the year with the gods desire to achieve the possibility of higher?

3. can be very leisurely visit

※ Meiji Temple main hall

Really clean the place to clean the body, you can go slowly inside the visit, the end of the year when the mentality is holding the “in short, just like a visit,” but in the summer you can wholeheartedly visit, do not panic Of the wishing, but also no pressure, you can say good to your gods! If there are many wishes, we should cast some sesame oil money yo!

4. people in a cool state of mind the forest bath

※ Come into the temple outside the shrine, both sides are towering trees, such as bathing in the forest

100 years ago, the location of the Meiji Shrine is still a barren, from all over the country set of 100,000 trees Nan tree, mobilized 11 million people selfless dedication spent several years to plant out the artificial forest.

As an important role in the shrine of the gods, they chose the mang tree, all the leaves will fall back to the forest to become a “permanent forest”, in the summer can be a place to do cool forest bath.

We want to introduce KIYOMASANOIDO which is energy spot “Kurume-shi (きよまさいど)”.

5. Cool energy spots

※ clear well is a very famous energy attractions, so to wait for more than 1 hour is also often.

※ Chiang Kai-shek is the master of the Edo period Kato clear digging, but in fact it is also impossible to verify, here is indeed a very rare spring in Tokyo!

Among the most famous energy spots in the Meiji Shrine are the “clear wells”. When there is no dryness in the year, there will be 60 liters of water per minute, and the water temperature of the four seasons is maintained at 15 Before and after. The cost of the tour will take 500 yen, and it will not be able to prove this legend, Generals Kato clear digging, but in fact it has no way to prove this clear legend, but should have a deep relationship.

「清正井（きよまさのいど）」home page (Japanese only)

6. The Michelin 3 star sightseeing

※ Antique lanterns

Foreign visitors are very popular among Michelin 3 stars sightseeing – “Meiji Shrine”

In five years, the number of visitors to foreign visitors has increased by 4.6 times!

[List of Michelin 3 stars sightseeing in Japan]

7. SNS’s popular attractions

※ in the barrel of the Meiji Shrine

The best point of the “Sake barrels at Meiji Shrine” (Meiji Shrine of Meiji Shrine), the foreign tourists is a popular attractions, each time will be photographed on the SNS above, where very tourist atmosphere, self-timer It is also very appropriate Oh! Meiji Emperor is like wine tasting so there are a lot of satisfied that the bottle, wine wine can also have satisfied yu ~

8.effect of EN-MUSUBI (縁結び)（fate in destniy）

※ Go to Omotesando in front of the temple

Because the Meiji Shrine is the shrine of the Meiji emperor and the emperor of the emperor, and the reason of the ritual of the couple, there is also the title of “縁びの神社” (Fate shrine). There is the name of the god of the god of the “couple Nan” is the two trees with a rope tied together, a symbol of the edge, the couple is complete, the family safe to worship. After visiting the palace of the town of the town of the “couple Nan” after the visit to the palace of the palace, the imperial palace in the middle of the couple Nan, while watching the tree as if to absorb their energy.

The end of this year or Christmas do not want to go to the Meiji Shrine to visit you, while the summer when people are less time to find a good margin!

At the beginning of the year to visit the outside of the Meiji Shrine, is also a will within the healing space, in this does not require air-conditioning is very cool, do not need admission fees, a person here to visit is also recommended at summer!

【Meiji Shrine informations】

Address: 151-8557 Shibuya-cho on behalf of Morioka-cho 1-1

Transportation:

By car: By the capital high speed on the 4th Shinjuku line, from the generation of wood exchange channel about 5 minutes

By train: 1 minute walk from JR Harajuku Station, 5 minutes walk from Yoyogi Station

From Tokyo Metro Subway Chiyoda Line and Vice-Chancellor Line “Meiji Shrine” before “Harajuku Station” 1-minute walk

5 minutes walk from Odakyu Line “Visit Bridge Station”

Tel: +81 3-3379-5511

Architect: Yidong Chung Tai

Business hours:

Meiji Shrine official website

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