---
name: "Meiji Jingu"
lat: 35.67620880118609
lng: 139.69428166786744
official_url: "https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/"
fee: "Visiting the shrine grounds is free. Only two places inside charge admission: Meiji Jingu Gyoen at 500 yen, and the Meiji Jingu Museum at 1,000 yen general admission (ippan), 900 yen for high school students and younger, and 900 yen for a group of 20 or more. At the Museum, children under elementary school age enter free, and a holder of a disability certificate is admitted free — the holder only"
last_verified: "2026-08-08"
---

# Meiji Jingu

The forest around this Tokyo shrine looks ancient, but people planted it a century ago. Forestry scholars picked species that could grow into woodland on their own, and about a hundred thousand trees arrived as gifts from across Japan. The gravel approaches pass a great wooden torii, the largest of its kind in Japan, then rows of sake barrels and Burgundy wine casks. North of the main hall, a lawn opens out beside a pond where ducks gather.

- Area: tokyo_shibuya-harajuku
- Type: sightseeing
- Hours: Opening follows sunrise and closing follows sunset, so the hours change every month: January 6:40-16:20, February 6:20-16:50, March 5:40-17:20, April 5:10-17:50, May 5:00-18:10, June 5:00-18:30, July 5:00-18:20, August 5:00-18:00, September 5:20-17:20, October 5:40-16:40, November 6:10-16:10, December 6:40-16:00. Meiji Jingu is open every day throughout the year, free of charge. Some places and facilities inside keep shorter hours — mainly 9:00 to 16:00. Meiji Jingu Gyoen opens 9:00-16:30 (until 16:00 from November to February; 8:00-17:00 in June, until 18:00 at weekends) and has no closed days. The Museum opens 10:00-16:30, last entry 30 minutes before, and closes every Thursday — when that Thursday is a public holiday it opens instead — and during exhibition changeovers. The Treasure Museum is currently closed
- Last verified: 2026-08-08

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroller friendly | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper changing table | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Nursing space | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Indoor / outdoor | 屋外 | Outdoors — 700,000 square metres of woodland with gravel approaches through it. The one indoor place is the Meiji Jingu Museum, a two-storey exhibition building you pay to enter | 2026-08-08 (web) | [source](https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/about/) |
| Family restroom | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Outside food allowed | 指定場所のみ | Eating and drinking are not allowed outside the designated places — the shrine's list of prohibitions asks you not to smoke or eat anywhere else. The places it names for a light meal or a restaurant are Mori no Terrace and Forest Terrace Meiji Jingu | 2026-08-08 (web) | [source](https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/sanpai/2.php) |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Elevator | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Stroller rental | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Child switch (rider swap) | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Steps & slope caution | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Official family-friendly certification | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Best-fit ages (guide) | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Lost-child support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Quietness (guide) | 静か | The shrine asks visitors to dress appropriately for worship and to spend their time quietly, and running or sports inside the grounds are not allowed without permission — this is not a place set up for children to run around in | 2026-08-08 (web) | [source](https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/sanpai/2.php) |
| Crowding (guide) | Yes | The shrine writes that at New Year the approaches are filled with worshippers, as they are every year | 2026-08-08 (web) | [source](https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/about/) |
| Stroller access notes | Yes | From any entrance it is about a ten-minute walk to the main hall, along approaches spread with gravel. At the Minami-Shinmon, the gate in front of the main hall, there is a wooden beam across the threshold — the shrine asks you to step over it, not on it. North of the main hall there is a lawn, where in good weather you can sit down on the grass and take your time | 2026-08-08 (web) | [source](https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/access/) |