May 5, 2014 - 1 min read

Shibuya Hikawa Shrine

Beautiful old shrine with a sumo ring

By Todd Wojnowski

Community writer

A historic sumo ring

The main hall of the shrine

Torii on the side entrance

Guarding the shrine

Marking the history of the sumo ring

Buildings nestled into the trees

Set atop a hill in Shibuya

Climbing the stairs to the top

Close up of the shrine

Set amongst the bamboo

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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