東京十社 Tokyo Jūsha
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 44.57 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,391 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,391 ft
- Max elevation
- 244 ft
- TrailRank
-
99
5
- Min elevation
- -306 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 4 hours 21 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 6 minutes
- Coordinates
- 8261
- Uploaded
- June 26, 2023
- Recorded
- June 2023
near Sendagaya, Tokyo (Japan)
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Itinerary description
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Itinerary description
These ten Shinto shrines have had special state protection (社格) since the route was created. It was always quite popular in the Meiji era, but after the destruction of some of the shrines due to bombing in World War II, the route fell into oblivion and this tradition was lost.
It was in 1975, when this old route was rescued.
To have proof that you have done the route, the temples give you two options. Buy a book of stamps or a table to place the ema. I chose the table with the ema (the last photos). The ema are small wooden tablets with a drawing of each sanctuary.
For me (June 26, 2023) each ema cost me ¥300 and the table ¥1,500
Another thing to keep in mind is that although the route takes a long time, it is not worth getting up early since the offices of the sanctuaries will not be there very soon. The kanda shrine will open at 9:00 for example, but the Nezu shrine will open at 10:00. If you're like me who gets up to pedal at 4:00 am, you're going to find everything closed. On the other hand, they close early, so make sure you start collecting emas as soon as the shrine offices open. The closing time does not usually coincide in all of them, but they usually close between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Most of the sanctuaries on the route are very cool, although there are more spectacular and weaker ones. I was personally surprised that Meiji jingu wasn't one of the 10.
The list of sanctuaries is:
1-Shiba Shrine
2-Shinagawa Shrine
3-Akasaka Shrine
4-Akasaka Hikawa Shrine
5-Hakusan Shrine
6-Oji Shrine
7-Nezu Shrine
8-Kanda Shrine
9-Kameido Tenjin Shrine
10-Tomioka Hachiman Shrine
Regarding the route, I discovered it thanks to a blog called Japonpedia. I don't usually like tourism blogs in Japan, but when I found this route japonpedia was the only website that talked about this route in Spanish. They have information about each temple and it is seen that they have done a rigorous investigation. If you want to know more about the specific temples I recommend you look at the blog:
https://japonpedia.com/tokyo-jissha/?unapproved=3077&moderation-hash=4f37627f147d0425e53ba60ed6a1dcc3#comment-3077
I also add the link of the official website of the route:
http://10jinja.tokyo/index.html
Waypoints
Religious site
83 ft
Santuario Kanda
Primer santuario de la ruta. Santuario Kanda, es bastante popular por estar cerca de akihabara, una zona llena de tiendas de anime, manga, videojuegos y figuritas. Algunos de los amuletos que se venden en el santuario tienen también temática de anime.
Religious site
86 ft
Santuario Kanda (1)
La oficina del santuario donde comprar el ema abre antes de las 9:00
Photo
Religious site
68 ft
Sitio religioso
Religious site
115 ft
Santuario Hakusan
Es el que más tarde abre, no se puede conseguir el ema antes de las 10:00
Panorama
54 ft
Vista de Tokyo skytree
Tokyo skytree es el edificio más alto de Japón y de los más altos del mundo. Se trata de una torre de telecomunicaciones.
Monument
Religious site
30 ft
Santuario de Shinagawa
Está muy cerca de la estación de Shinagawa, una de las dos únicas estaciones de shinkansen en Tokyo
Religious site
49 ft
Último Santuario que viste
No tenían la tabla de madera grande por lo que como se ve en el track tuve que volver al santuario anterior a por ella
Park
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Ruta muy bien explicada.
Inmejorable forma de visitarlos todos y tener un recuerdo para siempre.⛩️🐉
Que ruta más interesante!!
Lo de los "ema" y la tabla me parece una idea genial y una razón más para hacer el recorrido. ⛩️
Ruta de Santuarios muy chula y con una recompensa final más chula
Lo de recoger las tablas en cada templó le suma a esta ruta, parece una gincana. Los templos se ven geniales y la ruta es amena, una buena alternativa para hacer ciclo-turismo.
El aporte histórico le suma puntos.
Muy bien detallado.
自転車観光だね。