Tsukudo Shrine, Shinto shrine in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Tsukudo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo, rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1994 after its 1945 wartime destruction. Its steep deep-green gabled roof is edged with gold ornaments and gold floral medallions, and a thick twisted rope with four white zigzag paper streamers hangs beneath the curved black lintel. Stone steps lead to a wooden platform flanked by potted plants and conical shrubs.

Founded in 940, the shrine began when the head of Taira no Masakado was buried and honoured at Tsukudo village in Edo. Ota Dokan moved it to the Yasukuni slope area in the Muromachi period, and in 1616 castle expansion brought it beside Tsukudo Hachiman Shrine. It burned in the 1945 air raids and was rebuilt in 1954 on the grounds of the Yotsugi Inari shrine in Kudan.

The shrine's crest is a tied horse (tsunagi-uma) linked to Taira no Masakado, copied from a carving on the temizu basin dated to 1818 and registered as the shrine's trademark. The New Year kachimamori charm is widely known, and the annual Tsukudo Festival runs for the week leading up to the September 15 grand festival, with a mikoshi procession in milestone years.

Tsukudo Shrine stands on the slope of Kudanzaka, a short walk from Kudanshita Station in Kudankita 1-14-21. The shrine office issues the kachimamori victory charm each New Year, so early January draws the longest queues. The main festival, Tsukudo Matsuri, runs for the week leading up to September 15.

The shrine's crest is a tied horse (tsunagi-uma) linked to Taira no Masakado, copied from a carving on the temizu basin dated 1818 and registered as the shrine's trademark. The shrine is the tutelary deity of the Nippon Budokan in Kitanomaru Park, and its kachimamori amulets are granted each New Year.