Overview
A shrine in Bunkyo. Its halls stand on sloping ground, with rows of red torii along the approach.
About this place
Nezu Shrine is a shrine in Nezu, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. Its former shrine rank was prefectural shrine (fusha), and it was formerly a quasi-imperial-festival shrine (one of the Tokyo Ten Shrines). It is famous as a spot for azaleas. It is an old shrine said to have been founded by Yamato Takeru nearly 1,900 years ago, and is counted as one of the Tokyo Ten Shrines. The present shrine buildings were built in 1706 (Hoei 3) on the residence site donated by Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, lord of the Kofu domain (later Tokugawa Ienobu, sixth shogun of the Edo shogunate). They are regarded as a masterpiece of gongen-zukuri (where the main hall, offering hall and worship hall are built structurally as one).
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