The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... services (with instructions posted on how to join in within the attraction). Even if you don't choose to participate in prayer ...

The shrine was completed and dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in 1920 ... Since then, it has been one of the constant attractions for tourists arriving in Tokyo.

Princess Aiko visited Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to pay her respects to Empress Shoken on April 10, the day before the 110th anniversary of her death. This marked the young princess’s first official ...

Wright received an original request from Meiji Shrine to translate poems of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and Empress Shoken (1850-1914) in 1964, when he was a student at Tokyo’s Keio University.