day 7 - Meiji shrine

this is part of the crysenthemum displayed in the grounds

Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū), located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. After the emperor's death in 1912, the Japanese Diet passed a resolution to commemorate his role in the Meiji Restoration. An iris garden in an area of Tokyo where Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken had been known to visit was chosen as the building's location. Construction began in 1915, and the shrine was built in the traditional Nagarezukuri style and is made up primarily of Japanese cypress and copper. It was formally dedicated in 1920, completed in 1921, and its grounds officially finished by 1926.

Meiji Shrine is located in a forest that covers an area of 700,000 square-meters (about 175 acres). This area is covered by an evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees of 365 different species, which were donated by people from all parts of Japan when the shrine was established.

at the Torii leading to the main Meiji Shrine complex

and of we go.... its a long way in too

Barrels of sake (nihonshu) donated to the Meiji Shrine.

finally we reached the inner complex, can you see how spacious it is.
there were a lot of people and today must be a special day coz you can see the family the gals all dressed up.
the grandma ask me to take pix with them, which i did.

mummi should have got me dress up in a kimono, look into the camera, please


Priests and maidens wear traditional dress in preparation for a wedding at the Meiji Shrine

when we were there, there happen to be a wedding in progress, can you see the bride and groom? there was a long line of them on their way.

prayers tablets at the temple