The Meiji Jingu Shrine

Today I will be traveling to China for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Shanghai, this Saturday.  As it will be difficult to post today as I will be on a plane for most of it I have prepared the final look at my last FIA WEC trip to Japan.

Following on from yesterday's Sake Barrels, here are some images from the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo.



About Meiji Jingu
Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine. Shinto is called Japan's ancient original religion, and it is deeply rooted in the way of Japanese life. Shinto has no founder, no holy book, and not even the concept of religious conversion, but Shinto values for example harmony with nature and virtues such as "Magokoro (sincere heart)". In Shinto, some divinity is found as Kami (divine spirit), or it may be said that there is an unlimited number of Kami. You can see Kami in mythology, in nature, and in human beings. From ancient times, Japanese people have felt awe and gratitude towards such Kami and dedicated shrines to many of them.



This shrine is dedicated to the divine souls of Emperor Meiji and his consort Empress Shoken (their tombs are in Kyoto).

Emperor Meiji passed away in 1912 and Empress Shoken in 1914. After their demise, people wished to commemorate their virtues and to venerate them forever. So they donated 100,000 trees from all over Japan and from overseas, and they worked voluntarily to create this forest. Thus, thanks to the sincere heart of the people, this shrine was established on November 1, 1920.

Prayers
Visitors can leave prayers at the shrine and these are written on wooden plaques and hung on boards in the shrine's courtyard.  There are prayers in many languages as visitors from all over the world leave their thoughts and wishes at Meiji Jingu. 



This introduction is from the official Meiji Jingu website and CLICK HERE to see more information about the shrine.



All the images were taken on a Nikon D800 and Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 lens

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