Hie Shrine Chiyoda

... Akasaka, there is a little Buddhist temple tucked into a side street, and on the opposite end of a major thoroughare, the entrance to Hie Shrine, where the entry is marked by the typical pi-ish arch, and the temple cannot be seen from the street as you ...

... to the Ginza Capital Hotel I ran across a procession of the mikoshi (portable shrine) from Hie shrine- a part of the Sanno Matsuri Festival (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3065.html).  They had persevered despite the rain so the street was full of ...

... roads and shrines - it's an amazing juxtaposition to come across a tranquil, picturesque shrine such as the Hie Shrine (one of the deities here is said to protect women against miscarriages, thus, statues of monkeys carrying their young are ...