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| Hei Jinja Torii Gates at the back entrance. |
This is a famous and prosperous shrine sited at the top of a little hill in Akasaka. It is in the area of the Imperial Palace and a short distance from the National Diet Building. You can easily walk to it from Kokkaigijidomae Station which you can access by metro on the Marunouchi, Chiyoda, or the Naanboku Lines. Hei Jinja hosts the Sanno Matsuri, one of the three big matsuri for the Tokyo area that is held there in June on even numbered years. Several national treasures are stored here in the free to visit treasure house, including the Itomaki-no-Tachi long sword.
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| Looking down the back entrance to the shrine. |
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| Saki barrel wall at the front entrance wall. |
The back entrance to the shrine has dozens of small red torii gates on the stairs up. The 90 torii gates are tightly spaced together making it very pretty and picturesque. There is a great sake barrel wall at the front entrance to the shrine, and even an escalator to the top. The shrine grounds are surrounded by urban buildup, but it doesn't detract from the site itself which has beautiful grounds.
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| Front entrance gate to the shrine with guardian dieties. |
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| Ema plaque wishing walls. |
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| Main shrine building |
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| Offertory box and bell ropes for making a prayer at the shrine. |
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