This Japanese Shrine Is Made of Concrete

This Japanese Shrine Is Made of Concrete

📍Kanda Myojin, Akihabara (9 min from Tokyo Station)

The hall of this Tokyo shrine is concrete, not wood. Because the 1923 earthquake burned the old one down.

Only one thing survived, a ginkgo tree. Eleven years later, the shrine rebuilt in concrete. The shrine calls it Japan’s first full-scale concrete shrine. Then in 1945, firebombs hit Tokyo. The concrete hall came through with only minor damage. The ginkgo’s sprout was hit too, but kept growing. Today the old trunk is preserved, wrapped in sacred rope.

The sprout, now a tree, stands right beside it. Both survivors are still standing here.

9 minutes from Tokyo Station.

Music: “Dream time” via Adobe Stock

📍 Kanda Myojin · Akihabara, Tokyo
2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan
Narration: AI voice / Footage: real
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