Kameido Tenjinsha, Shinto shrine in Koto City, Japan
Kameido Tenjinsha is a Shinto shrine in Koto City, Japan. The grounds feature two buildings with green copper roofs and cream walls, a passage with a green door, and a main hall with a curved gable, dark wooden beams, red posts, and a thick twisted rope with white zigzag paper streamers.
The shrine was founded in 1661 when a descendant of Sugawara no Michizane enshrined a statue carved from a plum tree. It was rebuilt after World War II bombings destroyed the original wooden structures.
The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a scholar, and students come to pray for success in exams. In spring, the wisteria festival draws crowds who view the flowers from the drum bridges.
The shrine is open around the clock and entry is free. It is a short walk from Kameido Station or Kinshicho Station, and the grounds are easy to explore on foot.
The shrine's drum bridges, the Male and Female bridges, represent past and future. The Male Bridge was depicted by Utagawa Hiroshige in his series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
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