Speedrunning Nearly Every Main Temple and Shrine in Tokyo
Expected Time: 3.4~6.5 hours
Total Walking Distance: ~2.5 km
Travel Cost: ¥1250+
The very start of the adventure starts at Tokyo Station. Built in 1914, it is the heart of the worlds most populated city, and possibly most busy.
20 Minutes
¥ 170
Yamanote line
Temple was founded in 1393 when Edo was still a very small town. This place was then made into the family temple and Grand Cathedral for the Ieyasu Family after he relocated to Edo in 1590
This place was completed and was dedicated to the Meiji Emperor and Empress Shoken in 1920. It was once destroyed in the war but was quickly rebuilt.
35 Minutes
¥ 250
Oedo line
30 Minutes
¥ 320
Chuo Sobu line
This shrine dates back to the Kamakura period between 1185 - 1333 and was built as the protective shrine for Edo Castle. It was moved, however, by Tokugawa Ietsuna to the current location in 1641- 1680.
This shrine was built in 1880 so that people could worship the deity enshrined in the Great Shrine of Ise without traveling to Mie. It was also one of the first shrines to be able to have weddings held there.
25 Minutes
¥ 180
Nanboku line
20 Minutes
¥ 150
Chuo Sobu line
This shrine dates back to 730 AD and was built for a place of prayer for prosperity, it enshrines three deities. Two of them being Ebisu and Daikokuten, who are amongst the Shichifukujin (the Seven Lucky Gods of Fortune) .It was founded by Makandaomi.
Dates back to 458 AD and was established as a place to worship Ame-no-Tajikaro (which means Heaven’s Hand Power). This place is synonymous with Sugawara no Michizane, who was a poet in the Heian era.
9 Minutes
¥ 0
Walking
18 Minutes
¥ 0
Walking
Established in 1627 by Todo Takatora and was renovated in 1651 by Tokugawa Iemitsu and has remained intact since then and stands as the great reminder for the Edo Shinto architecture.
This shrine originates from Honda Yasumasa, who was in charge of watching for fire in the Imperial Palace. This shrine was founded in the 1700s as a place to worship the Deity Akiba Daimyojin from Mikawa, who was worshiped as a deity to prevent fires, which were devastating to Japanese wooden architecture.
25 Minutes
¥ 180
Giza line
20 Minutes
¥ 0
Walking
In 628 AD fishermen found a statue of Kanon in the Sumida River and the Temple was built to enshrine it. Throughout its old history the main hall was destroyed and rebuilt, due to wars and fires, but was always rebuilt from the donations given nationally. It now stands as a reminder of peace and rebirth, being the oldest Buhddist Temple in Tokyo.
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