Shimotani Shrine

Shinto shrineUeno, Yanaka, Nippori

Shimotani Shrine（Shitaya Shrine)

entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.)Taikan YokoyamaShouka ShikiInari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.)rakugo

The shrine was built in the Nara period (710-794) and is said to be the oldest Inari shrine in Tokyo. 1798, rakugo storyteller Sanshotei Karaku held his first Yose (performance) here in Edo, and the shrine is known as the birthplace of Yose, for which a stone monument was erected. In the Meiji period (1868-1912), Shiki Masaoka gathered his friends here and held a haiku gathering. The ceiling of the hall of worship features a magnificent ceiling painting, “Ryu” (Dragon), by the master Japanese painter Yokoyama Taikan.

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address (e.g. of house) 3-29-8 Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Access 6 minutes from JR Ueno Station, 2 minutes from Subway Inaricho Station
phone 03-3831-1488
Business Hours 9:00～16:00
regular closing day nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta)
External Links

Official Web Site
Founding and opening of business 730 (Tempyo 2)

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