Shrine · Shiba / Daimon
Shiba Daijingu 芝大神宮
Known as the "Ise of the Kanto", a compact shrine at the foot of Zojoji's main avenue whose 11-day "Daradara Matsuri" in September sells ginger and lucky wisteria-painted chigibako boxes.
About
Shiba Daijingu enshrines the two deities of Ise Grand Shrine, Amaterasu and Toyouke, and in the Edo period those who could not make the long pilgrimage to Ise came here instead, earning it the nickname Kanto no O-Ise-sama. The modern concrete hall, raised on a podium above the busy street, faces Zojoji's Daimon gate with Tokyo Tower beyond. Its main festival, held over eleven days from September 11 to 21, is nicknamed the "Daradara Matsuri", the "drawn-out festival", and is famous for the ginger market (once the area's ginger fields supplied Edo) and for chigibako, small round cypress boxes painted with wisteria said to bring good luck and, if you put them in a wardrobe, more clothes. An 1805 brawl here between Edo firefighters and sumo wrestlers inspired the kabuki play "Kami no Megumi Wago no Torikumi".
Highlights
- Same deities as Ise Grand Shrine, the "Ise of the Kanto"
- Daradara Matsuri, Sept 11–21: one of Tokyo's longest festivals
- Lucky chigibako boxes painted with wisteria and the traditional ginger market
- View down the street to Zojoji's Daimon gate and Tokyo Tower
- Popular for business-success and en-musubi prayers among local office workers
Tips
- Daimon Station Exit A6 is about 1 minute away; Hamamatsucho is 5 minutes.
- Pair it with Zojoji Temple and Tokyo Tower, they're on one straight walk west.
- Chigibako are sold mainly during the September festival; they are a classic Tokyo omamori.
- Climb the steps to the raised hall and look back for a framed view of the Daimon gate.
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