The Hie Jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located beside a busy throughway in Akasaka. The shrine is a modern reconstruction of an earlier set of buildings destroyed during WW II bombings. To those, such as myself, with limited knowledge of Japanese culture, there is something alien and impenetrable in the Shinto iconography on display here. But there was no attempt to prohibit photography, and I noticed Japanese beside me taking photos as well.



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