Travel with your guide by public transportation to visit Meiji Jingu Shrine, the most important and popular Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The shrine was built to dedicate to the virtue of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shōken in 1920. The shrine is located in a forest that covers an area of 700,000 m2 and the ground was planted with over 100,000 trees of 365 different species.
After praying at the shrine, you'll head to the Imperial Hotel where you can enjoy an authentic tea ceremony and learn the manners of performing a Japanese tea ceremony.
In a tea room built in the style of prescribed sukiya-style, you will enjoy matcha which is made by a tea master according to traditional manners. Sukiya-style is one type of Japanese residential architectural style which refers to the enjoyment of the exquisitely performed tea ceremony.
Guided tour
Transportation from hotel to shrine (estimate costs not over than 1,000JPY)
