Nezu Shrine
Nezu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Bunkyō ward of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1705, it is one of the oldest places of worship in the city, and several of the buildings on the shrine grounds have been designated as Important Cultural Property.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 6:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: webmaste@nedujinja.or.jp
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Nezu Gongen” and “Nezu-jinja”
- Address: 9, 根津一丁目, 文京区, 東京都
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and Nippon Medical School Hospital.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 1¼ km east of Nezu Shrine.
Nippon Medical School Hospital
Hospital
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Nippon Medical School Hospital is situated 170 metres northwest of Nezu Shrine.
National Museum of Western Art
Museum
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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 1½ km east of Nezu Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nezu and Yayoi.
Yayoi
Quarter
Photo: みそがい, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yayoi is a neighbourhood in Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of Tokyo City, it was the location of a shell mound where a new type of pottery was discovered by Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues.
Nezu Shrine
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.72° or 35° 43′ 12″ northLongitude
139.76076° or 139° 45′ 39″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Inception
1705Open location code
8Q7XPQC6+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 464629204OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Turkish—“Nezu Shrine” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Santual Nezu”
- Chinese: “根津神社”
- Dutch: “Nezu-jinja”
- Dutch: “Nezu-schrijn”
- French: “Nezu-jinja”
- French: “sanctuaire Nezu”
- French: “Sanctuaire Nezu”
- Georgian: “ნეძუ-ძინძია”
- German: “Nezu Jinja”
- German: “Nezu-jinja”
- German: “Nezu-Schrein”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Nezu”
- Japanese: “Nezu-jinja”
- Japanese: “ねずじんじゃ”
- Japanese: “根津権現”
- Japanese: “根津神社”
- Korean: “네즈 신사”
- Polish: “Nezu-jinja”
- Russian: “Нэдзу-дзиндзя”
- Russian: “Храм Нэдзу”
- Spanish: “Santuario Nezu”
- Swedish: “Nezu-jinja”
- Turkish: “Nezu Tapınağı”
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