May 5, 2014 - 1 min read

Shibuya Hikawa Shrine

Beautiful old shrine with a sumo ring

Todd Wojnowski

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You'll have to navigate the back roads of Shibuya to find the Shibuya Hikawa Shrine, but this is a beautiful place with a lot of history that will make your efforts worth it. With origins dating back to about the year 1600, the main shrine buildings are set up high on a hill and hidden in a small but dense forest of trees and bamboo. The stairs leading down bring you to a large, beautiful sumo ring. This was one of three principal sumo rings in the Tokyo area back in the Edo Period.

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2-5-6 Higashi, Shibuya, Tokyo (Map) (Directions)

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