{"id":10690,"date":"2016-03-18T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=10690"},"modified":"2016-04-05T07:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:52:08","slug":"meiji-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=10690","title":{"rendered":"Meiji Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday &#8211; \u00a0March 18, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Meiji Shrine, located in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. The shrine was built in a 170 acre evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees which were donated by people from all parts of Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3966.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10691\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3966.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3966\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barrels of saki were donated to the shrine to honor the emperor and empress .<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3987.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10692\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3987.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3987\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We followed a succession of impressive wooden gates, called\u00a0<em>torii,\u00a0<\/em>to the shrine.<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3996.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10695\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3996.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3996\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw a bridal procession with priests and maidens in traditional dress.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4045.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10702\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10702\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4045.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4045\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4026.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10697\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4026.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4026\" width=\"400\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3998.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10696\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10696\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3998.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3998\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4013.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10698\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4013.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4013\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visitors leave handwritten prayers in all languages:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4016.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10699\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10699\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4016.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4016\" width=\"400\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4020.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10700\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4020.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4020\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4050.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10701\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10701\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4050.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4050\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We walked back to the spotlessly clean subway to take another train to the Shenjuku business district.<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3962.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10703\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10703\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_3962.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3962\" width=\"400\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4059.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10704\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10704\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4059.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4059\" width=\"400\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the &#8216;hot pink&#8217; plush seats in this train. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know how they keep them clean!<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4063.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10705\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4063.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4063\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got out of the subway to find ourselves in a busy neighborhood that reminded us of a modern Times Square. We stopped at a Starbucks for a rest. It was full of young people on computers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4065.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10706\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4065.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4065\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4070.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10707\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10707\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4070.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4070\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4078.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10708\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10708\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4078.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4078\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday &#8211; \u00a0March 18, 2016 The Meiji Shrine, located in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. The shrine was built in a 170 acre evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees which were donated by people from all parts of Japan. 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