roppongi tenzo shrine shinto sits valley high rise buildings tokyo japan

navigate by keyword : approach background blue center city dragon ema festival fortune fukurokuju glitter god gods good green hatsumode landscape lucky minato nogizaka pilgrimage precincts red roof roppongi ryudo scenery seal seven shinmeizo shinmyougu shrine sky stairs station stroll tenzoshinja tezuisha three tokyo view visit walk walkway wall wedding white worship year

Roppongi Tenzo Shrine, a Shinto shrine, sits in a valley of high-rise buildings in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan. Royalty Free Stock Photo
Roppongi Tenzo Shrine, a Shinto shrine, sits in a valley of high-rise buildings in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan. Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
   
   
   
Roppongi Tenzo Shrine, a Shinto shrine, sits in a valley of high-rise buildings in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
It is a historic sanctuary with a dragon legend. The shrine has been in existence since the first year of the Shitoku era (1384 A.D.) in the Nanbokucho era (the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties). The shrine is called Ryu-ochi (dragon lantern) because of a legend that a dragon offered a sacred lantern every night from the sea off Shinagawa, and Ryu-ochi became a pun on dragon lantern and the area was called Ryudo, and the shrine was named Ryudo Shinmei-gu Shrine.

Stockphotos.ro (c) 2025. All stock photos are provided by Dreamstime and are copyrighted by their respective owners.